Monday, January 31, 2022

Decision: Save or Do Not Save

        You are a hospital worker. Since the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, the atmosphere throughout the hospital has been like a strained string that can break at the slightest touch. Today, you met a pregnant woman in front of the hospital. She looked like she was about to give birth. But she did not have a COVID-19 report that met the hospital's requirements. Are you going to let her in the hospital?

        On the first day of the New Year in Xi 'an, an eight-month pregnant woman surnamed Sun suddenly had a stomachache and was taken to the hospital gate by her husband. She was denied admission because her covid test was four hours late. According to this news, pregnant Ms. Sun waited for two hours in front of the hospital until she was in critical condition before being taken to the hospital, but she lost her baby as she bled heavily.

        Why don't vulnerable people like pregnant women have access to hospitals? Even if the epidemic situation is complex, can pregnant women be given necessary physical examination without entering the hospital first? How could this happen in Xi 'an, a new first-tier city with a population of over 10 million?

Xi 'an has been placed under emergency lockdown, and residents cannot go out. But pregnant women some older people with hypertension and heart disease must have urgent medical treatment needs. Two years after the outbreak, the national epidemic prevention and control are routine, but some big cities like Xi 'a still deny patients medical treatment. Neither hospital officials nor the government has considered the problem in advance or even a relevant policy. 

        How do you choose between conflicting human rights that need to be upheld? In one case, Ms. Sun was allowed in for surgery, and her baby would be born and live. There have also been no novel coronavirus infections. Second, the coronavirus infection in the whole hospital. Be as responsible to Ms. Sun and her child as you are to anyone else in the hospital. In this case, you would risk infecting the entire hospital but save the baby. Or give up the baby, but prevent everyone in the hospital from contracting the virus?

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