7 Hospitals Reject Foreign Woman in Japan after Childbirth
A non-Japanese woman in Japan was turned away by five hospitals after she gave birth to her baby at home.
The Japanese ambulance crew, unable to speak English, (isn’t a scream the same in any language?) also had difficulty knowing what to do with her.
After two hours of searching and two rejections by the same two hospitals twice!, the woman finally was admitted.
Though the hospitals were equipped with maternity wards, the woman was refused because hospitals said they did not have proper facilities.
The woman gave birth by the time the ambulance arrived. She did not speak Japanese and had never consulted a doctor during her pregnancy.
In the time period from 2004-2006, there were 172 cases of women being rejected more than five times by hospitals.
And, Japan is wondering why their birth rate is declining…
If I were a woman in Japan, I’d think twice about getting pregnant, too.
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