Pregnant Woman, Unborn Baby Die After Medical Emergency at Sheba Medical Center
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
A 30-year-old pregnant woman, Orel, and her unborn baby died at Sheba Medical Center on Saturday after she collapsed at home and was rushed to the hospital. Despite intensive medical efforts, including ECMO, both were declared deceased. The case is under investigation by the Ministry of Health, and the incident echoes similar recent maternal and fetal deaths in Israel.
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- A 30-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn baby died at Sheba Medical Center.
- The woman was 29 weeks pregnant and experienced a severe complication at home.
- Medical teams used an ECMO machine in a critical attempt to save them.
- The incident has been reported to the Ministry of Health for investigation.
- This tragedy follows two similar deaths of pregnant women in Israel in recent months.
A 30-year-old woman, Orel, who was 29 weeks pregnant, died along with her unborn baby following a severe complication over the weekend at the Sheba Medical Center. She had been experiencing a high-risk pregnancy and had been home for the past two weeks. On Saturday, she lost consciousness at her home in Rishon Lezion and was rushed by Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services to Sheba Medical Center in critical condition.
Upon arrival, she was immediately taken to the maternity operating room. Medical teams fought for her life and the life of her fetus, connecting her to an ECMO (heart-lung) machine. Despite resuscitation efforts and intensive care, doctors were forced to declare both the mother and the fetus deceased.
The deceased were laid to rest on Sunday in the Ganei Esther cemetery in Rishon Lezion. The incident has been reported to the Ministry of Health for investigation. Sheba Medical Center released a statement expressing condolences to the family and confirming the details of the case.
This tragic event follows a series of similar incidents in the past year. In April, the Ministry of Health established a committee to examine the circumstances surrounding the death of Reut Cohen, a mother who died with her twins at 28 weeks pregnant after collapsing at home and being taken to Meir Medical Center. In August, a woman in her forties died at Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva following a rare medical complication during her seventh pregnancy. She was taken to the hospital with abdominal pain at 34 weeks pregnant, underwent emergency surgery, but her fetus was stillborn and she died the following day.
In contrast to these tragedies, a unique medical achievement was recorded this week at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak, where a woman successfully underwent her 12th Cesarean section after 11 previous operations, setting a Guinness World Record.
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