Public outcry as China nurse dies after on-duty brain bleed, but death ruled not work-related
Por Zoey Zhang — South China Morning Post – News feed
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Under Chinese law, an employee’s on-duty illness is only deemed work-related if they die at the workplace or within 48 hours of emergency treatment
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Zoey Zhang Published: 6:00pm, 6 Oct 2026
The death of a 30-year-old nurse in southwestern China from a brain haemorrhage while on duty sparked outrage after authorities refused to classify her death as work-related.
Chen Jiajia, a supervising nurse in the medical imaging department at Guizhou Maotai Hospital in Zunyi, experienced a severe headache and began vomiting while working on August 4, according to Dafeng News.
Her colleagues swiftly rushed her for emergency treatment, and she subsequently underwent a craniotomy after being diagnosed with acute brain herniation.
Chen remained at the first hospital for treatment until the early hours of August 14, when an ambulance transferred her to a hospital in Chongqing. Specialists there declared her brain-dead.
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