(ECNS) — All personnel accountable will likely be held accountable after a new child was injured throughout an umbilical twine process at a hospital in Xuyi County in japanese China’s Jiangsu province, native well being authorities mentioned Monday.
A midwife at a hospital in Xuyi County in japanese China’s Jiangsu province severs a new child’s center finger throughout an umbilical twine process. (Picture from Weibo)
Based on a press release launched by the county well being fee, a lady surnamed Zhang delivered a child boy by cesarean part on the native individuals’s hospital round 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2025. A critical operational error by a midwife resulted within the partial severing of the new child’s left center finger.
The hospital instantly transferred the toddler to a provincial specialty hospital, the place surgical procedure was efficiently carried out later that day. The child was discharged on Dec. 31 and is at present recovering. The midwife concerned has been suspended.
The fee mentioned the incident uncovered weaknesses in medical security administration and pledged an intensive investigation and strict accountability for all accountable events.
(By Evelyn)
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