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Pregnant woman, baby die after Russian bombing in Mariupol

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A wounded pregnant woman who was taken on a stretcher from a maternity hospital that was bombed by Russia last week has died, along with her baby, The Associated Press has learned.

Images of the woman, whom the AP has not been able to identify, were seen around the world, personifying the horror of an attack on civilians.

She was one of at least three pregnant women tracked down by AP from the maternity hospital that was bombarded Wednesday in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The other two survived, along with their newborn daughters.

In video and photos shot by AP journalists after the hospital attack, the wounded woman stroked her bloodied lower left abdomen as emergency workers carried her through the rubble, her blanched face mirroring her shock at what had just happened.

It was among the most brutal moments so far in Russia’s now 19-day-old war in Ukraine.

The woman was taken to another hospital, closer to the front line, where doctors tried to save her. Realizing she was losing her baby, medics said, she had cried out to them, “Kill me now!”

Dr. Timur Marin said Saturday that the woman’s pelvis had been crushed and her hip detached. Her baby was delivered via cesarean section but showed “no signs of life,” he said.

They tried to save the woman, and “more than 30 minutes of resuscitation of the mother didn’t produce results,” Marin said. “Both died.”

In the chaos after the airstrike, medical workers did not get her name before her husband and father took away her body. Doctors said they were grateful that she didn’t end up in the mass graves being dug for many of Mariupol’s dead.

Accused of attacking civilians, Russian officials claimed the maternity hospital had been taken over by Ukrainian extremists to use as a base, and that no patients or medics were left inside. Russia’s ambassador to the U.N. and the Russian Embassy in London falsely described the AP images as fakes.

Associated Press journalists, who have been reporting from inside blockaded Mariupol since early in the war, documented the attack and saw the victims and damage firsthand. They shot video and photos of several bloodstained, pregnant mothers fleeing the blown-out maternity ward as medical workers shouted and children cried.

The AP team tracked down some of the victims Friday and Saturday after they were transferred to another hospital on the outskirts of Mariupol. The port city on the Sea of Azov has been without supplies of food, water, power or heat for more than a week. Electricity from emergency generators is reserved for operating rooms.

As survivors described their ordeal, explosions shook the walls, causing medical workers to flinch. Shelling and shooting in the area is sporadic but relentless. Emotions ran high, even as doctors and nurses focused on their work.

Another pregnant woman, Mariana Vishegirskaya, gave birth to a girl on Thursday. She recounted the bombing to the AP as she wrapped her arm around her newborn daughter, Veronika.

After AP photos and video showed her navigating down debris-strewn stairs in her polka-dot pajamas while clutching a blanket, Russian officials falsely claimed she was an actor in a staged attack.

“It happened on March 9 in Hospital No. 3 in Mariupol. We were lying in wards when glass, frames, windows and walls flew apart,” said Vishegirskaya, who has blogged on social media about fashion and beauty.

“We don’t know how it happened. We were in our wards and some had time to cover themselves, some didn’t,” she said.

Her ordeal was one among many in the city of 430,000 people, which has become a symbol of resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

The failure to fully capture Mariupol has pushed Russian forces to broaden their offensive elsewhere in Ukraine. The city is a key to creating a land bridge from the Russian border to the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

In a makeshift new maternity ward in Mariupol, each new birth brings renewed tension.

“All birthing mothers have lived through so much,” said nurse Olga Vereshagina.

A third pregnant woman seen by AP lost some of her toes in the bombing, and medical workers performed a cesarean section on her Friday.

Her baby was rubbed vigorously to stimulate any signs of life. After a few tense moments, the baby began to wail.

Cheers resonated through the room amid the cries of the girl, who was named Alana. Her mother also cried and the medical staff wiped tears from their own eyes.

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Mariupol, Ukraine — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror of an attack on humanity's most innocent.

In video and photos shot Wednesday by AP journalists after the attack on the hospital, the woman was seen stroking her bloodied lower abdomen as rescuers rushed her through the rubble in the besieged city of Mariupol, her blanched face mirroring her shock at what had just happened. It was among the most brutal moments so far in Russia's now 19-day-old war on Ukraine.

Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. The woman and her baby died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP

The woman was rushed to another hospital, yet closer to the frontline, where doctors labored to keep her alive. Realizing she was losing her baby, medics said, she cried out to them, "Kill me now!"

Surgeon Timur Marin found the woman's pelvis crushed and hip detached. Medics delivered the baby via cesarean section, but it showed "no signs of life," the surgeon said.

Then, they focused on the mother.

"More than 30 minutes of resuscitation of the mother didn't produce results," Marin said Saturday.

"Both died."

In the chaos after Wednesday's airstrike, medics didn't have time to get the woman's name before her husband and father came to take away her body. At least someone came to retrieve her, they said — so she didn't end up in the mass graves being dug for many of Mariupol's growing number of dead.

Accused of war crimes, Russian officials claimed the maternity hospital had been taken over by Ukrainian extremists to use as a base, and that no patients or medics were left inside. Russia's ambassador to the U.N. and the Russian Embassy in London called the images "fake news. "

The AP team then tracked down the victims on Friday and Saturday in the hospital where they had been transferred, on the outskirts of Mariupol.

In a city that's been without food supplies, water, power or heat for more than a week, electricity from emergency generators is reserved for operating rooms.

As survivors described their ordeal, explosions outside shook the walls. The shelling and shooting in the area is sporadic but relentless. Emotions are running high, even as doctors and nurses concentrate on their work.

Blogger Mariana Vishegirskaya gave birth to a girl the day after the airstrike, and wrapped her arm around newborn Veronika as she recounted Wednesday's bombing. After photos and video showed her navigating down debris-strewn stairs and clutching a blanket around her pregnant frame, Russian officials claimed she was an actor in a staged attack.

"It happened on March 9 in Hospital No. 3 in Mariupol. We were laying in wards when glasses, frames, windows and walls flew apart," Vishegirskaya, still wearing the same polka dot pajamas as when she fled, told The AP.

"We don't know how it happened. We were in our wards and some had time to cover themselves, some didn't."

Her ordeal was one among many in Mariupol, which has become a symbol of resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin's drive to crush democratic Ukraine and redraw the world map in his favor. The failure to subordinate Mariupol has pushed Russian forces to broaden their offensive elsewhere in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the Azov Sea port city of 430,000, key to creating a land bridge from Russia to Russian-annexed Crimea, is slowly starving.

In the makeshift new maternity ward, each approaching childbirth brings new tension.

"All birthing mothers have lived through so much," said nurse Olga Vereshagina.

One of the distraught mothers lost some of her toes in the bombing. Medics performed a C-section on her Friday, carefully pulling out her daughter and rubbing the newborn vigorously to stimulate signs of life.

After a few breathless seconds, the baby cries.

Cheers of joy resonate through the room. Newborn Alana cries, her mother cries, and medical workers wipe the tears from their eyes.

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died 26-year-old Daria Yagovkina, who was at the 38th week of pregnancy. According to relatives, the woman had a fever and nausea, she went to the ambulance. The woman was taken to the hospital. She called from there and said that she was examined and left under the supervision of doctors. A few hours later, relatives were informed that the patient and her child had died.

A friend Anastasia told 74.RU that she was in touch with Daria that day.

— On the afternoon of December 16, Dasha was taken to City Clinical Hospital No. 9at the 38th week of pregnancy, she was supposed to have a third son, Anastasia said. - At 13:30 she was brought to the hospital, we called each other until 17:30. In the ambulance, Dasha was given a pill for fever, in the hospital they took tests, put on a drip. They looked at the chair, they said that everything was fine with her and with the child.

At 17:36 Darya warned her relatives that she had pains similar to contractions. Her mother, Irina Gennadievna, assured that before that, her daughter felt well.

— Back on Wednesday, everything was fine: she was going to the graduation of her eldest child from the kindergarten, — shared Irina Gennadievna. - Yesterday her temperature rose to 39 degrees, the term was about to give birth, we played it safe, called the doctors. She was taken to the maternity ward. At 16:00 she stopped responding to messages, after 18:00 she stopped picking up the phone, she did not answer calls. We call the hospital, they say that, most likely, she is giving birth. At 21:10 the doctor says that my daughter is dead. They didn't say anything about the baby.

When the mother arrived at City Clinical Hospital No. 9, they said that the child could not be saved either.

— At first they said that a blood clot broke off, then they said that there was an internal hemorrhage of all organs. In general, the doctors behaved strangely: they shifted, looked at each other. All we heard from the doctors was that they were powerless. I know one thing: my daughter reached the ambulance with her own feet, and now I will take two corpses, - Irina Gennadyevna says, barely holding back her tears. - I think that this is negligence, so I wrote a statement to the Investigative Committee. There was also a maternity hospital, there was all the equipment, they could help her.

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Women's consultation: your rights - articles from specialists of the clinic "Mother and Child"

Astakhova Anna Dmitrievna

Rheumatologist

Clinical Hospital Lapino-1 "Mother and Child"

OBSERVED ANYWHERE

According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, a pregnant woman can choose any antenatal clinic (LC), and not just the one to which she is attached registration. This means that you can live in one area of the city, and be observed in a completely different one: for example, next to your place of work or just in the antenatal clinic that you like best. Moreover, you can register for pregnancy even in the antenatal clinic of another city. The main thing is that you need a compulsory medical insurance policy valid throughout Russia. To register in a antenatal clinic not at the place of registration, you need to write an application addressed to the head doctor of the consultation, bring the original and a copy of your passport, compulsory medical insurance policy, and SNILS insurance certificate.

And even if for some reason you stop attending antenatal clinics, and go, for example, to a private clinic or just don't go and that's it, no one has the right to deregister you from the LCD. And at any time you can return to your consultation and continue to be observed there.

CHOOSE A DOCTOR

Also, according to the legislation of the Russian Federation, you can choose a doctor who will monitor your pregnancy, or change a doctor who for some reason did not suit you. To do this, you also need to write an application addressed to the head physician of the LCD.

And, of course, every expectant mother in a antenatal clinic or maternity hospital has the right to read her medical record or birth history, to look at records of examinations. And you don’t need to explain why you need it, it’s enough that this is your map and your research. If you do not understand why you need some kind of appointment or analysis, then the doctor should explain everything in an accessible form.

REGISTER AT ANY DATE

You can register with the antenatal clinic at any stage of pregnancy. True, in a very short period, neither a doctor nor an ultrasound scan will yet be able to accurately confirm pregnancy, so it’s still better to register after the 6–8th week. It is at this time that the doctor will be able to reliably establish the fact of pregnancy during the examination.

Another recommendation is to come to the antenatal clinic before 12 weeks of pregnancy. This is due to the fact that the first ultrasound is done at 10-12 weeks and at this time it is possible to most accurately determine the gestational age. By the way, those women who register at the antenatal clinic before 12 weeks receive a cash payment called "a lump sum allowance for women registered with a medical institution in the early stages of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks)". True, they give nothing at all, but they will come in handy for someone.

But all this does not mean that you have to register strictly before 12 weeks. No, you can come at any time (even in the last trimester), the main thing is to have time to pass the necessary tests before the birth.

VISIT AT THE TIME YOU NEED

If you feel well, your tests are normal and you don't want to go to the antenatal clinic often, you have the right to refuse regular visits to the gynecologist. Just tell your doctor about it, he should respect your decision. Yes, the doctor will warn you that you are responsible for your choice, but he should not intimidate or threaten you to refuse to issue an exchange card. If something like this happens, immediately go to the head physician of the antenatal clinic or contact the health department.

But you need to know that there are studies (ultrasound, blood test for chromosomal pathologies) that must be done within strictly defined terms, otherwise their result may be unreliable. Therefore, ask the doctor in advance about the time of some examinations.

SELECT EXAMINATIONS

If you want to have all the examinations you need, you have the right to receive them in full. Each antenatal clinic has a list of examinations and consultations required during pregnancy. You can ask your doctor to tell you in detail about them and do everything that you are supposed to.

If, on the other hand, you feel that an appointment is not necessary or acceptable to you, you can refuse it. No one has the right to force you to do an ultrasound, screening, take any drugs. And you will get nothing for it. Even if you refuse something, you cannot be deregistered due to pregnancy, you cannot be issued a birth certificate and an exchange card. The doctor will simply record your refusal in the card and write that it was explained to you why this or that study was recommended.

In general, in order to receive an exchange card, you need to pass a series of tests at least once (clinical blood test, urinalysis, smear, tests for HIV, RW, hepatitis B and C) and visit an obstetrician-gynecologist at least twice. The first time you come for an initial examination and in order to get a referral for tests, the second time - to enter the results of the examination into the exchange card. The main thing here is to observe the "expiration date" of the analyzes.

MAKE YOUR OWN

All examinations in the antenatal clinic are free of charge. And even if there is no specialist or there is temporarily no research, you should be given a referral to another medical institution where all this is available. The doctor does not have the right to refer you to any additional paid tests or consultations if they can be done free of charge under compulsory medical insurance.

If you want to do some kind of research yourself for a fee and in another clinic (for example, to do an expert ultrasound), then you must accept its results at the antenatal clinic (and not say that we believe only our analyzes or specialists).

If you want to be seen in the antenatal clinic the way you want, don't be afraid to talk about your preferences. Calmly and confidently remind about your rights, it's up to you to choose what you need from medicine and what you don't.

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Lapino-1 Clinical Hospital "Mother and Child"

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