{"id":3929,"date":"2010-08-30T18:31:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T22:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2017-10-04T15:11:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T19:11:20","slug":"blog-docs-fistfight-causes-botched-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/08\/30\/blog-docs-fistfight-causes-botched-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Docs&#8217; Fistfight Causes Botched Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-journal-entry-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-conservativeblog category-government-health-care\">\n<div id=\"item8726293\" class=\"journal-entry\">\n<div class=\"journal-entry-text\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>As government health care horror stories go, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,600382,00.html\">this one<\/a> is in a class by itself.<\/p>\n<p>Because a C-section in an Italian public hospital was delayed by over an hour while two doctors had a fistfight, an infant suffered heart problems and possible brain damage and his mother had to have her uterus removed.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Health Minister travelled to the mother&#8217;s bedside to apologize, telling the media afterward, &#8220;I tried to give her words of hope, and above all I tried to tell her that the government was with her and her family at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I think that family has probably had all the government it wants by now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body\">\n<div class=\"journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1\"><span class=\"share-item\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-icon share-icon\" title=\"Share Article\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/universal\/images\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Share Article\" \/>Share Article <\/a><\/span>| <span class=\"permalink-item\"><a class=\"permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/amyridenour\/2010\/8\/31\/docs-fistfight-causes-botched-delivery.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-icon permalink-icon\" title=\"Permalink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/universal\/images\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Permalink\" \/>Permalink <\/a><\/span><span class=\"email-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/amyridenour\/recommend\/8726293\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-icon email-icon\" title=\"Email Article\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/universal\/images\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Email Article\" \/>Email Article <\/a><\/span>| <span class=\"print-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/amyridenour\/2010\/8\/31\/docs-fistfight-causes-botched-delivery.html?printerFriendly=true\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-icon print-icon\" title=\"Print Article\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/universal\/images\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Print Article\" \/>Print Article<\/a><\/span><span class=\"post-snippet-2\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2\"><span class=\"post-snippet-1\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"journal-entry-tag-post-body-line3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"printerFriendlyLinkBlock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/amyridenour\/2010\/8\/31\/docs-fistfight-causes-botched-delivery.html?printerFriendly=true\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-icon\" title=\"Print\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/universal\/images\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Print\" \/>View Printer Friendly Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"emailArticleLinkBlock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/amyridenour\/recommend\/8726293\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-icon\" title=\"Email\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeblog.org\/universal\/images\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Email\" \/>Email Article to Friend<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As government health care horror stories go, this one is in a class by itself. 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