“产妇跳楼事件”追踪：主治医生被停职配合调查

Doctor suspended after pregnant woman jumps to death following denial of C-section in northwest China

A 26-year-old Chinese woman, surnamed Ma, jumped to her death from the fifth floor of a hospital in Yulin, a city in northwest China's Shaanxi province, following her request of getting a C-section, which was denied after hours of pain, on August 31, 2017.

It remains a question about who refused to do the C-section for the pregnant woman, whose baby was detected to have a bigger head than normal and vaginal delivery would be risky in her case. 

Her husband said that he had agreed to his wife’s request immediately but a doctor checked Ma's condition and said she was going to give birth soon and did not need a C-section.

The hospital claimed that the family insisted on a natural birth even the hospital suggested a C-section just before the woman left the delivery room to commit suicide. 

As the surveillance video is silent, details of the conversation cannot be confirmed. 

The accident has gained nationwide attention and aroused heated discussions over whether the pregnant women should have the right to decide if she is to have a natural birth or C-section.

“产妇跳楼事件”追踪：主治医生被停职配合调查

8月31日晚8点左右，陕西省榆林市第一医院绥德院区住院部5楼，一名待产孕妇从楼上坠下身亡。

9月3日，榆林市第一医院绥德院区发表声明称，“产妇马某在生产期间，因疼痛烦躁不安，多次强行离开待产室，向家属要求剖宫产；主管医生、助产士、科主任也向家属提出剖宫产建议，均被家属拒绝。最终，产妇因难忍疼痛，导致情绪失控跳楼。医护人员及时予以抢救，但因伤势过重，抢救无效。产妇跳楼身亡的根本原因与该院诊疗行为无关。”

而家属一方并不认可这种说法。产妇的丈夫延先生说，“30日住院以后做的B超签了一回单。当时医生来了，看了以后说一切都好，正常。问我们选择剖腹产还是顺产，我问顺产生不下来的情况下可不可以选择剖腹产，他说可以。所以，我们首先选择了顺产。从8月31日早上8点多进去，她就一直在产房里，中途给送了两次饭都没见上。当时她出来后说疼，想要剖腹产。我就找医生。当时医生过来说再检查一下看看。后来她说她疼得不行，坚持不了了，我再去找医生，医生的答案是马上就生了，剖不成。”产妇的母亲也说，医护人员明确拒绝过产妇和家属提出的剖宫产请求。

对于“究竟是谁拒绝剖宫产”一事，医院出示了多份材料：

第一、产妇夫妇在产前签署《产妇住院知情同意书》，签字、按指纹确认顺产意愿；

第二、《护理记录单》记载产程中家属3次拒绝的记录，其中有这样的内容：“患者极不配合，要求剖宫产……家属表示理解，拒绝手术”；“患者自行走出待产室……家属仍拒绝手术”；“产妇仍坚决要求剖宫产，家属仍拒绝手术”；

第三、院方公布了事发经过的监控画面截图。截图画面中，坠亡产妇曾3次走出待产室与家属见面，其中有2次下蹲场景。医院一位杨姓负责人称，“那个女孩子走出病房，都向家属跪下了，家属还不同意。”

第四、一份授权委托书显示，产妇签署了《授权书》，授权其丈夫全权负责签署一切相关文书，在她本人未撤回授权且未出现危及生命的紧急情况时，未获得被授权人同意，医院无权改变生产方式。

对此，家属一方依然不认可。目前，围绕此事的争论仍在持续。

把一起个案化的悲剧，变成公共事件，进而诱使舆论分化本来脆弱的医患关系、夫妻关系、婆媳关系。无论是家属在撒谎，还是医院没有说实话，最终，有意或无意搅浑舆论的一方，都应该受到应有的谴责和惩罚。

（来源：央广网）