China Shuts Hospitals After Harsh Pandemic Rules Led to Deaths
- Both facilities turned away critical patients over Covid rules
- Cut to medical care comes as Chinese city battles outbreak
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Xi’an has temporarily closed two scandal-hit hospitals after their strict adherence to pandemic rules led to deaths, slashing medical capacity in the city battling China’s worst Covid-19 outbreak since Wuhan.
Xi’an Gaoxin Hospital and Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital will close for three months, the city’s Health Commission said in a Thursday statement, during which time they will undergo a “rectification” process.