Serious pregnant patient admitted only after social media ‘inducement’ – High Court lashes out at hospitals
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December - 2023, Posted On: 01 December 2023
The perks and perils of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, et al are well known. In this unfortunate case, only the fear of losing its credibility forced a hospital to admit a critical patient, albeit too late.
A pregnant woman due to deliver was taken to the hospital. She was denied admission citing COVID pandemic. She was then taken to a second hospital which also denied admission as her doctor had instructed to the hospital to not admit her there due to lack of relevant infrastructure.
Strangely though, the doctor did not visit the patient even once.
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