Third pregnant woman dies from coronavirus this month

• Author: ELIAV BATITO/MAARIV ONLINE
• Date: 30 March 2021
• Published date: 30 March 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Doctors, however, were unable to save her life or the life of her unborn child.

Earlier this month, another pregnant woman who was sick with COVID-19 passed away after a month in serious condition at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.

She was initially admitted to the medical center's coronavirus ward, but was scheduled a caesarean-section after two weeks.

The baby was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit, while the mother's breathing continued to worsen.

She was intubated, and was declared to be in serious but stable condition. Two weeks later, medical staff pronounced her dead.

Another pregnant coronavirus patient, Osnat Ben Shitrit, 32, passed away at her 39th week of pregnancy, succumbing to the virus.

The medical staff at Hadassah-University Medical Center, in Jerusalem's Ein...