Man thought his wife was giving birth finds her dead instead
Horror in China as man who thought his wife was giving birth finds her dead and alone on hospital bed following birth of their son
Liu Hsiung asked nurses for updates after he was warned of complications
He said he kept being told she was in operating theatre, although he thought it looked as if it was closed and nobody was there
Hours later he forced his way in to find his wife's body on the table
Official inquiry found she died of a rare condition, an amniotic fluid embolism
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A husband is suing hospital officials in China after he found his dead wife alone on an operating table following the birth of their son.
Liu Hsiung, 29, had asked nurses for updates on his wife Zhang Chun, 27, after he was warned she was suffering critical complications at the Xiangtan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, in southern China.
He said: 'I kept being told she was in the operating theatre, but it looked at if it was closed and no one was there.'
Liu Hsiung is suing a hospital in China after he found his dead wife alone on an operating table following the birth of their child
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Hours later Hsuing finally managed to force his way into the operating theatre, where he found his wife's body on the table with a cleaner sitting nearby smoking a cigarette and eating a coconut. The baby survived the birth.
He said: 'I was going out of my mind outside wondering what had happened, yet they had gone home and my dead wife was left on a table in front of a guy eating his lunch.'
He added: 'When I got into the room it was too late she was already dead and none of the surgical or medical team were anywhere to be seen.'
Hospital officials have said complications arose after Hsiung and his wife Chun (pictured) refused a Caesarean section because the baby was so large
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A hospital spokesman confirmed: 'We are in negotiations with the patient's husband and family over compensation. We admit that not everything went as it should have done in this case.'
