Pregnant woman forced to give birth in the street after hospital denies her help (PHOTOS)
An indigenous woman gave birth on a Mexican hospital lawn earlier this month after being denied help inside the clinic in a story making global headlines. The woman had been refused help inside the medical clinic right before this occurred, which struck a nerve in a country where inequity is still pervasive.
Her
newborn still bound by the umbilical cord and lying on the ground, the
shocking image has horrified millions because of where and how it took
place.
The
mother, Irma Lopez, 29, said she was turned away by a nurse who said
that she was only eight months pregnant and “still not ready” to
deliver.
The
nurse told her to go outside and walk, and said a doctor could check
her in the morning, Lopez said. But an hour and a half later, her water
broke.
She
while grabbing the wall of a house next to the clinic. “I didn’t want
to deliver like this. It was so ugly and with so much pain,” she said.
She added that she was alone for the birth, as her husband was still
trying to
persuade the nurse to call for help. But the story has since
spread globally.
A
witness took a photo and gave it to a news reporter. It ran in several
national newspapers, including the full front page of a tabloid, and
went viral online.
The
case illustrated the severe shortcomings of maternal care in Mexico,
where hundreds of women still die during childbirth or right after
pregnancy.
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