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A family from Chobanabdalli village in Azerbaijan’s Samukh district has accused the local hospital of refusing to admit a woman who was expecting her sixth child.
The Mustafayev family said they went to the Samukh Central District Hospital on July 27. According to relatives, Raisa Mustafayeva was initially placed on an intravenous drip but was later told that the hospital could not handle the delivery because it did not have the necessary blood supply.
The family was advised to travel to the city of Ganja. Her husband claims the hospital did not provide transportation and refused to dispatch an ambulance.
“They told us to go to Ganja. I said I did not have a car, but they replied that we should leave using the same transportation that brought us,” he said.
The family eventually took Mustafayeva to the Ganja City Perinatal Center, where doctors performed surgery and delivered a baby boy. He became the sixth child in a family that already had two daughters and three sons.
The mother said she feared losing her baby during the journey. Both she and the newborn are now reported to be in good condition.
Azerbaijan’s public healthcare authority, TƏBİB, rejected claims that the woman had not been examined, saying the incident resulted from a misunderstanding.
According to the agency, an earlier ultrasound examination in Ganja indicated that the baby was in a head-down position. A subsequent examination at the Samukh hospital, however, found the fetus in a transverse position.
Because it was the patient’s sixth pregnancy, doctors began preparing her for surgery. TƏBİB maintains that the woman declined the procedure and traveled to the Ganja Perinatal Center voluntarily.
The agency said the misunderstanding between the family and the hospital has since been resolved.
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