USA Today has a very compelling article that appeared yesterday about the lack of care the medical profession has toward pregnant women.
This article convinced me American women are second class citizens.
One of the compelling and repeated prologue to these women's deaths was pain. They were experiencing and correctly went to the emergency room and were dismissed as some kind of pain because of contractions of one kind or another; but; their body systems were failing on them. Kidneys and liver are frequently mentioned. There is no excuse for this. Simple blood tests at the time the pain was occurring would have picked up the failure of a complete body system and sometimes more than one body system was failing. It has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH A WOMAN'S BEHAVIOR when it comes to smoking and drinking.
One of the compelling and repeated prologue to these women's deaths was pain. They were experiencing and correctly went to the emergency room and were dismissed as some kind of pain because of contractions of one kind or another; but; their body systems were failing on them. Kidneys and liver are frequently mentioned. There is no excuse for this. Simple blood tests at the time the pain was occurring would have picked up the failure of a complete body system and sometimes more than one body system was failing. It has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH A WOMAN'S BEHAVIOR when it comes to smoking and drinking.
September 20, 2018
By Laura Unger
...In Louisiana (click here) – the deadliest state in America for pregnant women and new mothers – the state’s 2012 report on maternal deaths emphasized suicide, domestic violence and car crashes....By Laura Unger
One case after another case was completely treatable and those women should be alive today.
Look at California. 0-9 deaths per 100,000 women per year. Every other state in this country should be ashamed because California has a model that works. The actual statistic for California is 4.0 deaths per 100,000 and Nevada comes in at 8.4 deaths per 100,000 women.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS THE HIGHEST DEATH RATE OF ANY ADVANCED FIRST WORLD COUNTRY ON EARTH.
That is not a country that cares about women. OR CHILDREN. If the country cared about children they would make sure their mothers lived through their births.
