"Jasmine E. Gant, an honor student and promising athlete, entered St. Mary's Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5, 2006, in labor. A nurse mistakenly gave her a dose of epidural medication in an intravenous line instead of the intended penicillin that had been prescribed to treat a strep infection in labor. The epidural medication caused cardiac arrest, and Jasmine died within a few hours. Her 8-pound baby son survived." - from Gaskin's Spring 2008 article in Journal of Perinatal Education.
Yep, you're right doc. No one EVER dies from iatrogenic causes during childbirth, when cared for by "modern obstetrics." Obstetrics is the glistening, stellar practice you paint it to be, 100% of the time. Congratualtions for choosing such an infallable field to go into. You do a fabulous job perpetuating the myth our culture is led to believe.
Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
author of A Dozen Invisible Pieces and Other Confessions of Motherhood
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"Jasmine E. Gant, an honor student and promising athlete, entered St. Mary's Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5, 2006, in labor. A nurse mistakenly gave her a dose of epidural medication in an intravenous line instead of the intended penicillin that had been prescribed to treat a strep infection in labor. The epidural medication caused cardiac arrest, and Jasmine died within a few hours. Her 8-pound baby son survived." - from Gaskin's Spring 2008 article in Journal of Perinatal Education.
Yep, you're right doc. No one EVER dies from iatrogenic causes during childbirth, when cared for by "modern obstetrics." Obstetrics is the glistening, stellar practice you paint it to be, 100% of the time. Congratualtions for choosing such an infallable field to go into. You do a fabulous job perpetuating the myth our culture is led to believe.
Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
July 21, 2008 - 7:18pmauthor of A Dozen Invisible Pieces and Other Confessions of Motherhood
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