Saturday, June 18, 2011

Diary of a Bereaved Mother: Hospital administration

http://www.3news.co.nz/Couple-with-stillbirth-made-to-sit-in-waiting-room/tabid/367/articleID/207705/Default.aspx

21 years after I became a bereaved mother, Wilemina and Jaccob Simeon were made to wait in a public waiting room with her still birth baby.

This reminded me when I delivered my very sick baby, he was rushed to ICU. I was allocated to a normal ward with two other mothers with normal babies. I was there for about 6 hours before my baby's pediatrician moved me to a private room. I am very thankful for him.

I do not wish for any one to go through what I had to go through. It was just cruel to let a mother with a very sick baby to share a room with healthy babies. Where was my obstetrics specialist who should have be there during my delivery?

1 comment:

  1. This video is just awful!!!! The hospital apoligized and says it is investigating, it will never happen again...but I wonder. I wonder if this is unusual,maybe it's happened to others but they didn't speak up about it. I wonder if they have an excuse? They should certainly not charge her anything at all!!!

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