A Medical doctor has shared via the microblogging platform X, how a couple lost their baby after the husband refused that a CS operation be carried out on his wife.
Sharing in a lengthy tweet the doctor revealed that the husband refused to pay for the operation claiming that his wife is a strong woman.
According to the doctor, he had informed the lady during her antenatal visits, that her baby was too large based on scans and she should be delivered via elective CS.
However, her husband refused, claiming she is a strong woman and has given birth to larger babies, claiming all she needed was time.
While the doctor and the obstetrician tried to convince the man that conducting a CS operation was better, the husband refused protesting that they only wanted their money.
The doctors decided to let the man be and focus on his wife whose case was becoming complicated.
In the end, the baby was delivered but not breathing, the mother on the other hand lost a lot of blood.
A part of his tweet read;
“To make matters worse, the woman bled heavily, necessitating a transfusion. She also sustained several lacerations that required repair. At the end of the day, the husband refused to pay the medical bills because they lost the child. The CEO of the hospital eventually agreed to concede 50% of the bills before he paid. Throughout the ordeal, all I could think was: this was preventable. But expressing that sentiment would not have been empathetic. I couldn’t determine if their decision was truly based on financial concerns. The husband seemed average at least; he owned a car and had been paying all his bills.”
The doctor also advised women via the tweet to opt for CS if needed, he wrote; “Do everything in your power to ensure the safety of your baby. The nine-month experience of pregnancy should culminate in joy.”
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