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N. Sumatra hospital apologizes after mother, baby die
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A hospital in Dairi regency in North Sumatra made a public apology following the deaths of a mother and her baby during childbirth at the hospital. (Shutterstock/File)
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hospital in Dairi regency in North Sumatra made a public apology following the deaths of a mother and her baby during childbirth at the hospital.
“We are sorry we could not save her life. But she was a high-risk patient because it was her sixth childbirth,” Sidikalang General Hospital director Hendri Manik said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Hendri added that the hospital had given the mother, Ramaya Sidauruk, 38, a standard treatment on the evening of April 15. He denied reports that Ramaya had not been treated by a doctor that night. “Our specialist doctor was on his way but the patient was treated by our general practitioner.”
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The hospital told the family to take her to Kabanjahe Hospital in the neighboring regency, Karo, about two hours by car from Dairi. The family refused in the beginning but finally relented after her condition worsened, Hendri said.
He denied that Sidikalang Hospital’s medical equipment was inadequate. But he did not explain why the hospital referred Ramaya to a hospital that was two hours away.
Earlier, Ramaya’s family friend, Kordes Sihombing, said the mother and baby died because there had been no doctor that night. He said the couple first went to a nearby community health center (Puskesmas), which told them to go to Sidikalang Hospital.
Kordes said Ramaya’s husband, Tulus Sihombing, had to look for a rental car to take Ramaya to Kabanjahe Hospital in Karo because Sidikalang Hospital did not have an ambulance. (evi)
