There is currently no Health Directive that prevents pregnant women may be accompanied in different processes of pregnancy and childbirth. With the State of Alarm, the possibility of being accompanied was restricted, which was harshly criticized from different groups and associations.
Now, the General Hospital of Elche has once again implemented more restrictive protocols due to the rebound in coronavirus cases and among other measures, it does not allow pregnant women to be accompanied by ultrasound scans.
Other hospitals in the environment if they allow it, such as Orihuela The Alicante. This situation has caused the Hospital of Elche to receive some written complaints from several couples who have not been able to follow this process together.
The situation of the hospital has also been reproached by the College of Nursing, which asks health and the management of the centers that, before making decisions of this type, experts meet and take into account emotional health as well.
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