Died 6 Days After Entering Postpartum Care Center... "Only Given Tylenol Despite Complaints of Chest Pain"

I Trusted the Postpartum Care Center Operated with the Hospital... Aortic Dissection Not Detected Despite Four Examinations

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] A claim has been raised that a healthy 30-year-old mother died after entering a postpartum care center operated together with an obstetrics and gynecology clinic, where the doctor failed to detect an aortic dissection despite four rounds of medical questioning.

According to YTN on the 17th, a mother in her 30s, Ms. A, and her husband Mr. B visited a postpartum care center in Paju. Mr. B stated that the center is operated in conjunction with a hospital, and after checking reliable reviews on mom cafes and other platforms, they chose this postpartum care center with trust.

However, Ms. A, who had been healthy, passed away on July 31, six days after giving birth. Her husband Mr. B explained the critical situation that occurred inside the care center at the time: "I was holding her arm beside her, and it seemed like she went into shock. She completely lost consciousness and stopped breathing. She had a cardiac arrest."

The problem was that three days before her death, Ms. A experienced chest pain and visited the hospital operated together with the care center, complaining of pain to the doctor four times, but was only prescribed Tylenol. An acquaintance of Ms. A also said that she left messages expressing her distress.

The autopsy revealed that Ms. A’s diagnosis was aortic dissection. This disease involves a tear in the aortic wall causing vascular rupture, and if left untreated for more than a day, the risk of death increases sharply.

The bereaved family claims that if additional tests had been conducted or if she had been referred to other departments such as thoracic surgery when she complained of pain, the tragedy could have been prevented. Mr. B said, "She said the pain was in the same area three or four times, but the doctors, who are supposed to save lives, said 'there is nothing we can do.' If they had admitted they didn’t know and sent her to a larger hospital, this would not have happened."

The bereaved family has expressed their intention to file civil and criminal lawsuits against the hospital, demanding compensation and an apology.

Meanwhile, under the Maternal and Child Health Act, postpartum care centers are required to report to the local health center when a mother dies or is transferred to another hospital. However, it has been confirmed that this care center did not report the incident for over a month and a half after the accident.

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