Life and Death in a Wuhan Coronavirus ICU
"The most regretful thing to me was a pregnant woman from Huanggang. She was in very serious condition. Nearly 200,000 yuan (S$39,505) was spent after more than a week in the ICU. She was from the countryside, and the money for hospitalisation was borrowed from her relatives and friends. Her condition was improving after the use of Ecmo, and she was likely to survive. But her husband decided to give up. He cried for his decision. I wept too because I felt there was hope for her to be saved. The woman died after we gave up. And exactly the next day, the government announced a new policy that offers free treatment for all coronavirus-infected patients. I feel so sorry for that pregnant woman."<p>I had the unchecked belief that China claiming to be a communist country would be covering medical costs.<p>Above reminded me of this: "'He cannot speak or look after himself': A 17-year-old with cerebral palsy died after being left alone for 6 days while Chinese authorities quarantined his father over coronavirus fears" - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teenager-cerebral-palsy-dies-father-quarantined-suspected-coronavirus-china-2020-2" rel="nofollow">https://www.businessinsider.com/teenager-cerebral-palsy-dies...</a><p>Edit: I really can't understand why anyone would downvote this comment - the downvotes are making me laugh.