Serbian rights watchdogs today urged authorities to allow chaperones to attend births in hospital, after a newborn died last week during an alleged case of violence by a doctor
The Balkan country has been rattled since reports surfaced last week of a Roma woman accusing her gynaecologist of ‘jumping on her stomach’ and insulting her ethnicity while she was in labour.
Her newborn later died.
The doctor in the northwestern town of Sremska Mitrovica has since been arrested on accusations of jeopardising a person’s health, police confirmed, and was in custody.
Meanwhile, the board of directors of the town’s General Hospital responded to the calls, approving new measures allowing women to appoint one person of choice to accompany them in childbirth, provided they can pass standard medical checks.
Newborn baby dies ‘after doctor jumped on pregnant woman’s stomach
But the victim today told local media that a post mortem report simply concluded that her baby’s death was caused by ‘violent childbirth’.
Following the harrowing incident, social media was flooded with similar testimonies involving abuse during gynaecological procedures and medical staff allegedly assaulting patients in Serbia.
Activists say women in the region have faced abusive medical treatment for decades, where discussions of such issues are often taboo.
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