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Associated Press
Frances D'emilio
ROME (AP) — A pregnant American woman suffering an incomplete miscarriage during her vacation in Malta for the procedure It will be airlifted to Spain on Thursday Malta's law prohibits miscarriage under any circumstances, so to prevent the infection, the female partner said.
Jay Wheeldrayer calls the Associated Press from an island hospital, and his partner Andrea Prudente is at risk of a life-threatening infection if fetal tissue is not removed immediately. Said.
Prudente, 38, experienced massive bleeding on June 12, after which her amniotic sac ruptured prematurely and her placenta separated, Weeldreyer (45). Years old) says. He said the facility could not perform surgery to complete her miscarriage because she was monitoring her for signs of infection.
Malta is the only European Union member state that has banned abortion for some reason. When Prudente was contacted by AP's Mater Dei Hospital, who is being treated, she said she was not allowed to provide patient information due to privacy restrictions.
"The miscarriage is 80% complete," Weeldreyer said. "Her water is broken and her placenta is separated, but because of the (fetal) heartbeat," her fetus cannot be removed, he said. In another comment to other media outlets, the couple explained that the placenta was partially separated.
Malta's public facility, Mater Dei Hospital, refused to talk about women's medical conditions because of privacy restrictions.
A couple from Issaquah, Washington, a town near Seattle, arrived in Malta on June 5th for their long-awaited vacation. Prudente began to bleed and she was hospitalized a week later, her partner said. He showed that she was 16 weeks pregnant when the bleeding began.
Along with worrying about the risk of infection, the two fears could resume her bleeding during a medical evacuation flight Arranged by Prdente to take her to Spain on Thursday night. , So she is admitted to the hospital.
Mater Dei Hospital "has done a good job to the extent permitted" under Maltese law, says Weeldreyer. The woman is on antibiotics and is closely monitored for signs of infection, he said.
