Thai couple seeks answers after unborn baby vanishes from womb and hospital records
A Thai couple is demanding an explanation from a hospital in Pathum Thani province, near Bangkok, after one of their unborn children went missing from both the woman’s womb and the hospital’s database.
The couple, 42 year old Wicharn and 38 year old Rungarun, sought help from non-profit organisation Saimai Survive after the loss of their unborn twins and confusion surrounding the diagnosis provided by a doctor at a hospital in Pathum Thani.
Rungarun revealed at a press conference yesterday, February 3, that she discovered she was pregnant in February last year and received prenatal care at a clinic near her home. She later transferred to a hospital in Pathum Thani, where her name was registered under the government health insurance system.
When she was seven months pregnant, the doctor informed her that she was carrying multiple babies, as another amniotic sac was found. The doctor suggested delivering the first child early via caesarean section.
The delivery was initially scheduled for November last year but was postponed to December and then to January this year.
She waited for the delivery until the end of last month, when she noticed that her child was not moving as usual. Concerned, she visited the hospital for a check-up, where she was met with a shocking discovery.
The hospital stated that they did not have her pregnancy data in their database and only found one child in her pregnancy. The unborn baby was just three months old, with no older child found in her womb.
The couple insisted that they visited the hospital frequently according to the appointment, and the doctor confirmed that the child was healthy and would weigh about 3.3 kilogrammes. The couple stated that no one could explain their loss, and they had to return home in tears.
The hospital later contacted the couple, claiming they had located her data and wished to apologise for the issue. A meeting to discuss the matter was scheduled for February 10, but the couple, no longer willing to wait, brought the story to the organisation.
Saimai Survive’s founder, Ekkaphop Lueangprasert, promised to follow up on the case with the hospital and submit it to the Ministry of Public Health for an investigation into the cause of the issue.
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