Opinion | Esther Choo: The elephant in the delivery room: How doctor bias hurts black and brown mothers - NBCNewsTHINK
Esther Choo, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
The process began routinely enough. When she began laboring and her contractions were less than 5 minutes apart, she and her husband scooped up her pre-packed bag and drove to the hospital. Shortly after arriving, she was examined by an obstetrician and told she was still early in labor and that it would be several hours — potentially not until the next day — before she delivered.
A short while later, she told her husband, “I feel like pushing.” Her husband called urgently for the nurse, who came into the room and placed a fetal monitor across her abdomen. Seeing a concerning pattern in the baby’s heart rate, she paged the doctor. “The next thing I knew, I was being wheeled to the operating room for an emergency C-section.”
“I felt like he [the doctor] had me labeled as a ‘hysterical’ female. Especially since I’m Hispanic.”
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Stephen King’s ‘Revival’ Getting Movie From ‘Doctor Sleep’ TeamStephen King’s 2014 novel “Revival” is his latest book coming to the big screen. Warner Bros., the studio behind King’s “It” franchise, is developing the movie. …
Read more »
Iowa doctor: Coronavirus surge 'explosive and overwhelming'Dr. Sharon Duclos, the chief medical officer of the People's Community Health Clinic in Waterloo, Iowa, recounts to Lawrence O'Donnell how 'profound' it was to face the coronavirus surge in Black Hawk County, where many of the cases were tied to a pork processing plant.
Read more »
Ew, But Yes Please—Doctor Advice for Skin Tag Removal at HomeAdvice from a doctor for skin tag removal at home.
Read more »
Federal watchdog finds top vaccine doctor should be reinstated, lawyers sayA government watchdog has found that there is evidence that federal scientist Rick Bright was ousted as head of a health agency for his pushback to a controversial coronavirus drug treatment embraced by President Donald Trump, Bright's lawyers said.
Read more »
Door-to-Door Hamptons Doctor Will Top Off Fillers While Testing for CoronavirusA Hamptons doctor is doing his bit to offer comfort in these trying times by going mansion-to-mansion in a hazmat suit swabbing the wealthy for coronavirus before stabbing their faces with syringes full of age-reversing poison.\n
Read more »
Federal watchdog says top vaccine doctor should be reinstated, lawyers sayA government watchdog has found that there is evidence that federal scientist Rick Bright was ousted as head of a health agency for his pushback to a controversial coronavirus drug treatment embraced by President Donald Trump, Bright's lawyers said.
Read more »