Medical records requested of woman who died after giving birth

Haider Fouad, a Sudanese journalist, filed a police case earlier in the week accusing the hospital of negligence after his daughter died shortly after giving birth via caesarean section.

Sharjah prosecutors have asked for the hospital records of a young woman who died shortly after giving birth.
The woman, 30-year-old Sudanese expatriate Areej Fouad, died from unknown causes at Al Qassimi Hospital on Friday morning. She had given birth to a healthy baby via caesarean section on August 21.
The hospital confirmed the medical report was being sought.
Dr Safiya Seif Al Khajeh, the hospital's medical director, said on Tuesday that prosecutors had made the request and that the hospital was going to file it this week.
The woman's father, Haider Fouad, a local journalist, filed a police case earlier in the week accusing the hospital of negligence.
Dr Al Khajeh said that the case was being handled with transparency and that two medical committees - one internal, consisting of staff at the hospital, and one external - were investigating the case.
The doctor added that according to the medical report taken after Mrs Fouad was readmitted, every necessary treatment and precaution had been taken and the new mother had responded positively.
"Still we don't really know what caused her death," she said, adding that the forensic report "will tell and have a final say of what really caused her death".
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