Baghdad's night curfews forcing women to schedule C-sections

[Contrary1]

Just another little inconvenience for the Bush-liberated Iraqis.

"BAGHDAD — Doctors in Baghdad are performing more scheduled Caesarean deliveries, the result of nightly curfews that make it difficult or impossible for pregnant women to reach hospitals after dark.

Along with private vehicles, ambulances are banned from the streets during overnight curfews. That means women who choose not to schedule Caesareans must rely on midwives or hope they'll be able to arrange for police escorts if they go into labor at night, says Sister Bushra Gagagan, who manages a private maternity hospital run by nuns in Baghdad's Karrada district.

Isarra Ali, 25, scheduled a Caesarean for the birth of her daughter Samar last February on advice of female friends and relatives. "What are you supposed to do if you go into labor in the middle of the night?" she says.

The curfew is in effect from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Spontaneous road closures and gridlock traffic make reaching the hospital a risky proposition even during daylight hours..."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-04-12-c-sections_N.htm

[babylonsister]

1. Can ANYONE imagine living like this?

:cry:

[BlueIris]

2. Dear God.

That may not be the worst thing I've ever read in my life, but it's definitely in the top five.

Yet another reason the Downing Street Memo matters.

[ThomCat]

3. How many women can't get/afford a C-section

and give birth at home without any medical assistance? How many women and children are being put at risk because of our illegal war?
x(

[Karenina]

4. TRAUMATISED is the word you want...

MILLIONS on both sides of the ocean.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x664633