The ambulance staff writes in the deviation report that they suspected a placental discharge and decided to take the woman to Falu lasarett, which is just over 20 minutes closer than both Hudiksvalls and Gävle's hospital.

Midwife denies

In an interview with a midwife, the ambulance staff is told that it is full in Falun and that the patient will then go to his home hospital.

The ambulance instead goes to Hudiksvall and is met by an ambulance with midwife in.

Risk of major bleeding

“We could have had a placental discharge in the ambulance with great bleeding where both the mother and the child's life were in danger. Then, the time to hospital is a decisive factor for the outcome, ”the ambulance staff writes.

"Never to deny emergency care"

The women's health care region Dalarna writes in a reply that one should review procedures for what applies to patients from another region.

They also write that the midwife who received the call could have consulted the birth rate if she herself was hesitant to receive the woman due to pressured space access and workload.

"Denying an ambulance transport at an acute stage can never be relevant," they write.