A retired Shanghai professor died after hours of desperately seeking care without success, in what’s being seen as another non-COVID death attributed to the city’s strict lockdown, according to a former colleague.
Prof. Yu Huizhong at Shanghai-based Fudan University died, aged 79, on April 15, after experiencing a 4-hour wait for medical care, according to an online statement made by his former colleague Qu Weiguo.
“[It was] as long as four hours of seeking care across the city,” wrote Qu, the ex-principal of the College of Foreign Languages and Literatures. “What a torment for Professor Yu and his family!”
The colleague accused the local authorities of failing to maintain regular care for non-COVID patients during the containment, deeming “relevant policies” as barriers against health care workers looking after the ill.
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