Shanghai maternity hospitals set flexible policies during lockdown
At the International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital of China welfare institute, doctors had received in advance dozens of women whose due dates are during the lockdown.
"Most pregnant women give birth around the due date, and if we admit them in advance, it can help avoid unexpected situations, including the possible difficulty to get an ambulance to hospital if they start to show signs of giving birth," said Zhang Lin, an obstetrician with the hospital.
She said the medical institution has allocated as many beds as possible for such mothers-to-be. Also, none arriving at the hospital to give birth from their homes during the lockdown will ever be rejected by the hospital.
"If they and their accompanying family members cannot provide negative nucleic acid test reports, they'll be sent to quarantined labor rooms," she said.
