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  1. Comment on ‘Nobody cared’: A woman gave birth alone in a jail cell after her cries for help were ignored, lawsuit says in ~life.women

    Novelyst
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    Oh, that's really unfortunate! Here, for you and users who may have had the same issue.

    Oh, that's really unfortunate! Here, for you and users who may have had the same issue.

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  2. Comment on ‘Nobody cared’: A woman gave birth alone in a jail cell after her cries for help were ignored, lawsuit says in ~life.women

    Novelyst
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    It's not just that though. There were nurses on site, they could've called an ambulance, they could've simply had a person with her there to talk her through it. But they didn't. This isn't a case...

    It's not just that though.

    Sanchez would go on to tell deputies and nurses about her contractions “at least eight times that morning,” but medical care wasn’t provided and an ambulance to the hospital never arrived, the complaint alleged. Instead, for the next four to five hours, Sanchez “labored alone in her cell,” a “long and painful” process that was captured in its entirety on surveillance video that the jail’s staff were responsible for monitoring, the suit said.

    There were nurses on site, they could've called an ambulance, they could've simply had a person with her there to talk her through it. But they didn't. This isn't a case of random bystanders, it's a case of staff and an official facility who were responsible for the care of this woman, failing to provide her with something anywhere near acceptable.

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