Pregnant woman loses twins after three hospitals denied treatment despite Covid recovery

A pregnant woman in Kerala’s Malappuram district on Sunday lost her unborn twin children after several hospitals refused to treat her, NDTV reported. The woman’s family said she had recovered from Covid-19, and was discharged on September 15, but both private and government hospitals turned her away.

Three hospitals cited that she did not have a RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) test to prove that she had tested negative, according to The New Indian Express. NC Shareef, the woman’s husband, made several attempts for about 14 hours to get her hospitalised. Shareef said he travelled between two districts before his wife was admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College.

On Saturday, the woman was first taken to the Manjeri Medical College at 4 am. However, the hospital allegedly said only coronavirus positive cases would be treated there. Although the…

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