A 26-year-old Chinese woman, surnamed Ma, jumped to her death from the fifth floor of a hospital in Yulin, a city in northwest China's Shaanxi province, following her request of getting a C-section, which was denied after hours of pain, on August 31, 2017.

It remains a question about who refused to do the C-section for the pregnant woman, whose baby was detected to have a bigger head than normal and vaginal delivery would be risky in her case. 

Her husband said that he had agreed to his wife’s request immediately but a doctor checked Ma's condition and said she was going to give birth soon and did not need a C-section.

The hospital claimed that the family insisted on a natural birth even the hospital suggested a C-section just before the woman left the delivery room to commit suicide. 

(Screenshot of the surveillance video released by the hospital)

As the surveillance video is silent, details of the conversation cannot be confirmed. 

The accident has gained nationwide attention and aroused heated discussions over whether the pregnant women should have the right to decide if she is to have a natural birth or C-section.