Local woman dies after giving birth to
twins
A 44-year-old woman has died two hours after giving birth to a pair
of twins at Raffles Hospital.
The deceased, Sun Li Juan, was admitted to the hospital last
Thursday for bleeding as a result of a low-lying placenta.
In a written response, Raffles Hospital told 938LIVE that Madam Sun
continued to bleed while in the ward.
As there was a continuing threat of premature labour and in the
interest of the twins safety, a Caesarean section operation was
carried out on Saturday.
The hospital added that during surgery, massive bleeding was
encountered and emergency blood transfusion was immediately
started.
Relatives of Madam Sun were also requested to assist in
replenishing the blood supply stocks, a customary procedure
according to the hospital.
Madam Sun eventually died after she developed an acute blood
coagulation problem arising from massive bleeding and
transfusion.
But in comments made to MediaCorp News, Madam Suns family had
reportedly queried if the hospital had enough blood supply.
Her husband was quoted as saying that the hospital told him it
would need to seek approval from higher management if more blood
was needed.
He then questioned if the saving of lives actually needed
approval.
Some 200 relatives and friends had been mobilized by the family to
donate their blood to Madam Sun.
taken from www.938live.sg
