Category Archives: Pregnancy
Jail Neglects Woman Giving Birth
Most women who file for medical negligence due to a birth injury or other birthing problem bring their suit against a hospital or other medical professional. Imka Pope, however, brings her medical negligence suit against the King County Jail, which allowed Pope to give birth alone, on the jail floor, 14 years ago. According to SeattlePi.com, Pope suffers from schizoaffective disorder. During a psychotic episode when she was off her medication, Pope fell asleep on a Metro bus bench. Police arrested the nine-months-pregnant Pope for trespassing, and six days later, she gave birth. Documents show that only one person on staff in the jail noted that Pope appeared pregnant, and her lawyers state that officers and nurses made little effort to treat her schizoaffective disorder. Pope alleges that on the day she gave birth, she asked for help from the guards. However, guards decided that she was not in imminent…
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New Simulators Train Doctors to Prevent Birth Injuries
Everyone knows that in order to become skilled at a task, you must learn through experience. That is exactly what Noelle, an anatomically correct rubber model of a pregnant woman’s body embedded with computer chips, is doing for the obstetricians learning at Jacobi Hospital’s Institute for Medial Simulation and Advanced Learning. For obstetricians who want to prevent birth injuries from occurring during actual labor situations, this pregnant simulator with a simulated baby creates shoulder dystocia situations, oxygen problems, and other potential labor complications. According to International Business Times, some medical situations are rare in real-life settings, so that doctors may not have the opportunity to teach a resident in training. In addition, this on-the-job training often involves more descriptions of what the teacher is doing, rather than allowing the student to accomplish the task. The training classes that go along with the simulations at Jacobi Hospital also allow the doctors…
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Half of Stillborn Deaths Could Be Prevented, Says Study
According to MSNBC, recent study has found that more than two million babies stillborn each year worldwide and about half could be saved if their mothers had better medical care. The rates of stillborn births have not dropped in countries including Britain, France and the U.S. Experts say providing better obstetric care, treating conditions like syphilis, blood pressure and diabetes, could save more than one million infants every year. The research paid by the Save the Children organization, as well as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation found that in developing countries most stillbirths are caused by delivery complications, maternal infections during pregnancy, fetal growth problems and congenital abnormalities. Finland and Singapore had the lowest stillbirth rates worldwide, two per 1,000 births, while Nigeria and Pakistan had 42 and 47 stillbirths per 1,000, respectively. In the U.S., there were six per 1,000 birth, though the rate is nearly double for African-American…
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