British doctors left a premature baby to die because he was born two days too early, his devastated mother claimed yesterday.
Sarah Capewell begged them to save her tiny son, who was born just 21 weeks and five days into her pregnancy - almost four months early.
They ignored her pleas and allegedly told her they were following national guidelines that babies born before 22 weeks should not be given medical treatment.
Miss Capewell, 23, said doctors refused to even see her son Jayden, who lived for almost two hours without any medical support.
She said he was breathing unaided, had a strong heartbeat and was even moving his arms and legs, but medics refused to admit him to a special care baby unit.
Miss Capewell is now fighting for a review of the medical guidelines.
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Unreal. How could a doctor that allowed this to happen - regardless of bureaucratic guidelines - live with himself after committing such an atrocity. They'll do everything they can to save a crack-head in the E.R. who just got into a gunfight with a police officer, but they can't provide any medical care to an innocent baby?
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Greg L/BVBL
Well we have politicians in this country who dont want children, who are born alive during an attempted abortion, to be allowed to live. Do you know any of these politicians?
ReplyDeleteYour label for this story is "obamacare", giving the impression that this is what we are inching toward in America. But let's share the whole story, shall we?
ReplyDeletefrom the Daily Mail story linked above above:
"Amillia Taylor was born in Florida on October 24, 2006, after just 21 weeks and six days in the womb. She celebrated her second birthday last year.
Doctors believed she was a week older and so gave her intensive care, but later admitted she would not have received treatment if they had known her true age."
So, this example is really nothing more than standard practice in the US of A. Or it could be that healthcare was not available to the Florida mom, either because she was unemployed or just couldn't afford an individual health plan. Sounds like we could use a little reform huh?
Sounds like we could use a little reform huh? No one ever said there wasn't room for improvement. Portability is a big plus. Make the individual the owner of the policy, not the employer. Allow interstate sales of insurance. Put the market back into the system so it pays to look for less expensive options. We comparison shop for everything except healthcare. But lets not throw out the baby with the bath water. 88% of US is satisfied with present healthcare. Let's not destroy it
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