Covid-19 patient recalls nightmare after giving birth alone
Barely a day after a Covid-19 patient died on the floor of a hospital after he was allegedly left unattended, a similar story has surfaced on social media, but luckily this does not involve any casualty.
A woman has claimed in a Facebook posting that she had to give birth alone inside an isolation labour room, especially for pregnant mothers who are Covid-19 positive, after numerous calls for help had purportedly fallen on deaf ears.
Based on a photo shared alongside the story, the incident is believed to have taken place on July 23 at the Sultan Ismail Hospital in Johor.
The woman had written about her experience and posted it on Facebook on July 31, but it only started going viral yesterday.
According to the patient identified on Facebook as Noor Aziah(above)...
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