"High Fever Prevents ER Visit" Pregnant Woman Ultimately Experiences Stillbirth Despite Paramedics' Response

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] It has been reported that a full-term pregnant woman with a fever ultimately suffered a stillbirth due to the negligent response of 119 paramedics. At the time of the incident, the pregnant woman informed the firefighters of her full-term condition and requested to be taken to the hospital, but the firefighters only conveyed to the hospital that she was a "high fever patient," and the hospital refused treatment, resulting in inadequate emergency care.

On the 8th, a petition titled "Due to the negligent response of the fire station paramedics, I lost my child and almost lost my wife" was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board. The petitioner claimed that on the 1st, when the mother's condition was critical, they called an ambulance, but the paramedics repeatedly said that the mother could not go to the emergency room because she had a fever.

At that time, the paramedics repeatedly informed the hospital only that "the mother had a high fever," and the hospital refused, stating that since mothers and newborns were gathered there, they could not accept a mother with a high fever.

The petitioner explained, "While communicating with the hospital, the paramedics did not convey that 'she was a high-risk pregnant woman, full-term, with a hard and painful abdomen,' but only told the emergency room that 'the patient has a fever.'"

He continued, "The paramedics said, 'You cannot go to the hospital now, so go home, take painkillers, endure it, and get a COVID-19 test at the health center the next day before going to the hospital.' Feeling this was unacceptable, I personally called the hospital delivery room and explained that although my wife had a fever, her abdomen was very painful, and shortly after, they told us to come to the delivery room," criticizing the paramedics' negligent response.

Afterwards, they arrived at the hospital and underwent emergency delivery, but ultimately the baby was stillborn due to sepsis, and the mother was transferred to the intensive care unit with sepsis and heart failure.

The petitioner emphasized, "In times like these, it is understandable that hospitals must strictly follow quarantine measures when there is a fever, but isn't there an exception in all procedures, especially in life-saving emergency situations?" He also stressed, "There needs to be a manual that can respond to other emergency conditions accompanied by fever besides COVID-19." As of 9:30 a.m. on the 22nd, the petition has received over 8,000 endorsements.

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