Life is precious!
Is it just me or does everyone think in the modern world some doctors need reminding of the first rule of medicine, to do no harm?
There’s a terrible story out of Italy this morning, where doctors are struggling to save the life of a 500 gram baby boy wrongly aborted after hospital tests misdiagnosed a deformity.
Apparently, the child’s mother chose to abort, after tests showed her baby had a defective oesophagus, a very serious – correctable - condition.
Tragically, when the fetus was aborted, heart still beating, doctors realised the child was perfectly healthy and rushed to resuscitate him.
Weighing just half a kilogram, the baby suffered a brain haemorrhage during the abortion and doctors doubt he will survive.
I think it’s worth mentioning again – even if that baby was born with a deformed oesophagus, even if he wasn’t perfect, his condition could have been surgically corrected. It would have been a tough start to life no doubt but surely worth the fight. Doctors however, recommended the mother dispose of her child.
It’s not just important for doctors to remember – for everyone – life is precious, do no harm.
There’s a terrible story out of Italy this morning, where doctors are struggling to save the life of a 500 gram baby boy wrongly aborted after hospital tests misdiagnosed a deformity.
Apparently, the child’s mother chose to abort, after tests showed her baby had a defective oesophagus, a very serious – correctable - condition.
Tragically, when the fetus was aborted, heart still beating, doctors realised the child was perfectly healthy and rushed to resuscitate him.
Weighing just half a kilogram, the baby suffered a brain haemorrhage during the abortion and doctors doubt he will survive.
I think it’s worth mentioning again – even if that baby was born with a deformed oesophagus, even if he wasn’t perfect, his condition could have been surgically corrected. It would have been a tough start to life no doubt but surely worth the fight. Doctors however, recommended the mother dispose of her child.
It’s not just important for doctors to remember – for everyone – life is precious, do no harm.
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