The poor midwife, the article is too vague, in all the right places it seems, but I agree, it is the docs who perform and make the decision for timing of the C/S therefore it would be up to them. The heading of the article is disgusting, and this newspaper should be given a good rolloking for such a headline!! Midwives are under immense pressure as we all know, they are in and out of rooms like blue arsed flies, and this is unfair.
And not to put to fine a point on it, they said the baby had a heart condition, then it was meconium, maybe this was due to the heart condition anyway, and the baby unable to cope in labour, thus this all probably started at home, so is mum to blame for not going to the hospital sooner!!!! Sorry but I'm just playing devils advocate here.
If the baby has meconium aspiration syndrome then lets be honest it wouldn't really have stood a chance, regarless of timing of c/s, if ppl would have the manpower to act sooner that child would have needed a lot of medical input throughout its potentially short life, the parents would have sued for that aswell.
Sorry but they always take the money don't they????? Did they not donate it to the hospital for more midwives? or equipment? It would be nice to see the day when somebody does that instead of pointing the finger..
Sorry rant over, must get back to the dissertation!!!

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