Four-month-old denied treatment as she tested negative for coronavirus and family was told case not urgent
People in protective clothing wait on a bus in Beijing, China, before leaving a residential compound as part of a strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19.People in protective clothing wait on a bus in Beijing, China, before leaving a residential compound as part of a strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19.First published on Thu 17 Nov 2022 17.25 GMT
Li had called an emergency hotline for help after his daughter vomited repeatedly in the early hours of Monday, but when medical staff arrived and the child tested negative for Covid-19, they refused to treat her on the grounds that the case was not urgent. An ambulance finally arrived at night, but took two hours to take the baby to a hospital 60 miles away.
“This is a tremendous shock to us. I could not accept this,” Li wrote, urging the authorities to investigate the incident. “I want justice for my child!” Despite China having eased some Covid rules last week, frustrations over the protracted measures have continued to boil over into public displays of discontent. On Monday night, hundreds in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou
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