Dying pregnant Japanese woman refused to eight hospitals

In Japan, the growing scandal surrounding the death of a pregnant woman who was eight hospitals in a row. Medical institutions refused stationary patients, citing a lack of qualified personnel. Excited, the Japanese public incident occurred at the end of September. In 36-year-old woman who is in the last weeks of pregnancy, had a stroke. A team of "first aid" went unfortunate the city for hours, but she would not accept any hospital because of lack of qualified obstetricians and gynecologists. After all the necessary specialists found in the ninth hospital. The patient had brain surgery and cesarean section, but three days later, the woman died. Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, Japan acknowledged that the death of a woman was the result of serious problems in the national health system. "We have reasons for what has happened and to take all necessary measures to avoid the recurrence of such incidents," - he said at a news conference. The tragic death of 36-year-old Japanese woman - not the first such case in Japan in recent years. For example, last year was a woman who refused treatment, several hospitals, a miscarriage in the ambulance. A year earlier, shook the country history maternal mortality, which declined to 19 hospitals.