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Two hospitals in Xi’an closed over lockdown failures

Two hospitals in the locked-down city of Xi’an, including one that refused to treat an eight-month pregnant woman who later miscarried, have been closed while they “rectify” mistakes, authorities said yesterday.

The capital of China’s northwest province of Shaanxi and one of several cities experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, has been subject to strict home confinement for three weeks in line with Beijing’s “zero-COVID” strategy.

Top health officials apologized last week after a pregnant woman miscarried as she was refused treatment because her negative COVID-19 test fell slightly outside the 48-hour limit.

At the second hospital, a Xi’an resident said her father died last week after he could not get medical treatment for a heart ailment due to “pandemic-related rules.”

Both hospitals have been warned and ordered to “suspend operations for three months for rectification,” and can only reopen after getting approval.

The city’s health commission said in a statement yesterday the two hospitals had “failed to perform their duties of saving lives and rescuing the wounded.”

“This led to delays in the rescue, diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients, arousing widespread public attention and having a bad social impact,” it said.

Gaoxin Hospital has been told to suspend its general manager and dismiss several staff members, and the second hospital to sack its chairman, suspend its deputy chief and remove the head nurse of its outpatient department.

Cases have begun to slow in Xi’an in recent days, with only six reported on Thursday.

Since December 9, there have been more than 2,000 domestic infections in the city.




 

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