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The babies born in hospital corridors: Bed shortage forces 4,000 mothers to give birth in lifts, offices and hospital toilets

By Jenny Hope and Nick Mcdermott
Last updated at 8:36 AM on 26th August 2009
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Thousands of women are having to give birth outside maternity wards because of a lack of midwives and hospital beds.


The babies born in hospital corridors: Bed shortage forces 4,000 mothers to give birth in lifts, offices and hospital toilets | Mail Online

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STFarmy

What's with the scare tactics hate monger? Dissent being a form of patriotism stopped after January 19th.

PatsFanInVa

It's certainly horrific that there are some situations where women in the UK give births in hallways and lifts. It no doubt contributes to their infant mortality rate of 4.85 per 1,000 live births.

Once again: UK, 4.85 deaths per 1,000 live births. That's the UK's infant mortality rate.

Do you have heartwrenching little stories that explain the United States' infant mortality rate of 6.26 deaths per 1,000 live births?

That's much higher.

Once again: US, 6.26 deaths per 1,000 live births.

What are the stories that add up to the higher incidence of infant mortality in the United States?

Since everything is perfect here, and conditions are so much worse in countries with better health indicators, shouldn't we have a lower infant mortality rate?

Why does a baby in Sweden - with 2.75 deaths per 1,000 live births - have such a higher chance of survival than an American baby?

Is it the robust free-market model Sweden uses to determine health care? Oh wait, no, Sweden doesn't do that.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat.../2091rank.html

Clowns.

PFnV

sdaniels7114

Its cute how they quietly fold two years worth of births together to double the number of babies born outside of perfect hospital conditions and insert that number right in the headline. So keep in mind that the 4000 is actually 2000 per year. Couple that to the reported 700,000 babies born in the UK every year and you get one child in 350. Further couple that to the fact that the birth rate in the UK has risen sharply over the last few years (it went up by 18,000 babies between 2007 and 2008) and you're left with STFarmy's quite apt question

Only I'll ask it without the implied sarcasm of the second sentence.

Harry Boy

If they shove their "Obama Health Care Crap" down our throats make the Dirty Politicians use it also, can anybody explain why the Old Hag Pelosi and her gang of grinning Rats won't have to have the same Health Care as we do?

If the Obama Crap is so great why won't those bastards in congress use it?

THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD DO MORE THAN JUST YELL.

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sdaniels7114

Most of Congress isn't old enough to have your health insurance there Harry. It would be illegal for 57 yr old Susan Collins (one of your Senators btw) to get Medicare and while legality seldom stops the average Republican, it seems to have worked in this case.

BelichickFan

Most people are happy with their health insurance and their medical care. They say they want "reform" but they partly talking about cost and partly responding to two decades of hearing about the "healthcare crisis". The obamans have no right to take a working system away from us for their grand experiment. Americans want costs to be lowered if possible without hurting their healthcare and for those who truly can't afford it, but try (i.e. have, or try to get, a job) to get some level of basic care. That is it.

Most people don't want this experiment. Sorry, that's how it is. Now - the $120 the insurance was billed when I went to the Dermatologist to have a mark on my face looked at to see if I should have it removed in case in could be cancerous and I literally saw the doctor for 90 seconds, that kind of billing could see some reform. Although I'll say again, the best reform would be for it not to be covered, if we spent our own money (and had lower premiums) we'd look into the cost more before showing up. Health insurance should be like car insurance, just for the big stuff.

PatsFanInEaglesLand

What a bunch of hypocrites. 20 minutes before they are born you could care less if if they were sucked through a blender with a shop vac.

Anyway,

Bernadine Healy, M.D.: Behind the baby count - US News and World Report

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STFarmy

Thanks for that article. I think PFinVA made a good point with infant mortality, and it made me think a little bit. But it did seem that there were likely a lot of variables in how different places calculated infant mortality. I am curious to see how much of a difference it would make.

Harry Boy

I'm talking about The ***** they are trying Ram through now not medicare, if they succeed with their Obama Crap will the bastards in congress be using it.

(Collins/Snowe, closet liberal loons they never get my vote, they are two grinning back stabbing jerks)

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