This truly makes my head hurt. Give women pain meds, and then report them to authorities for testing positive for those same drugs? Oy. Via USAToday: Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat.
Laboring Women Given Drugs, Then Reported For Positive Drug Tests
Susie Madrak, The Daily Dot
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 5:45am
BING NEWS:
- Laboring Women Given Drugs, Then Reported For Positive Drug Tests
A grieving mother was cradling her stillborn daughter when a social worker stopped by her room to tell her she was being reported to child welfare.
12/11/2024 - 11:45 pm | View Link - Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for positive drug tests
Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
12/11/2024 - 12:33 pm | View Link - Hospitals Gave Women Medications During Childbirth — Then Reported Them for Using Illicit Drugs
Drug-testing of new mothers is ubiquitous, but protections for false-positive results are not—even when hospital error is to blame.
12/11/2024 - 12:59 am | View Link - Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for illicit drug use
Hospitals across the country reported mothers to authorities after they tested positive for medications used routinely in millions of births.
12/10/2024 - 10:17 pm | View Link - More
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