KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is appealing for a patient, who claimed to have lost her baby while waiting at the hospital's urgent obstetrics and gynaecology centre for four hours, to reach out to the hospital directly, a spokesperson said on Thursday (March 24).
SINGAPORE - KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) said it has not been able to identify the patient who claimed that she waited for four hours to be treated for abdominal pains at the hospital in February and eventually lost her baby.
Professor Tan Hak Koon, chairman of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) at KKH, told The Straits Times on Thursday (March 24) that the hospital is aware of an online account of the incident at its Urgent O&G Centre (UOGC).
However, he added: “Despite our best efforts, we are still unable to identify the patient based on the scenario reported. There appears to be discrepancies between the story and the bill information shared online.”
The woman’s claims have been making their rounds on social media.
She said she was 20 weeks pregnant at the time, and had tested positive for Covid-19 and tried to get treatment at two private hospitals after experiencing severe abdominal pains.
She claimed she was denied treatment at both hospitals, which were not named, as she needed to be attended to by an infectious diseases gynaecologist because she had tested positive for Covid-19.
More at https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...it-four-hours-to-be-treated-and-lost-her-baby
SINGAPORE - KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) said it has not been able to identify the patient who claimed that she waited for four hours to be treated for abdominal pains at the hospital in February and eventually lost her baby.
Professor Tan Hak Koon, chairman of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) at KKH, told The Straits Times on Thursday (March 24) that the hospital is aware of an online account of the incident at its Urgent O&G Centre (UOGC).
However, he added: “Despite our best efforts, we are still unable to identify the patient based on the scenario reported. There appears to be discrepancies between the story and the bill information shared online.”
The woman’s claims have been making their rounds on social media.
She said she was 20 weeks pregnant at the time, and had tested positive for Covid-19 and tried to get treatment at two private hospitals after experiencing severe abdominal pains.
She claimed she was denied treatment at both hospitals, which were not named, as she needed to be attended to by an infectious diseases gynaecologist because she had tested positive for Covid-19.
More at https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...it-four-hours-to-be-treated-and-lost-her-baby
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