'Keep your dead baby in a fridge' HEALTH.Byline: STEPHEN MOYES NURSES told a woman who had suffered a miscarriage miscarriage: see abortion. miscarriage or spontaneous abortion Spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus before it can live outside the mother. at four months to keep her dead baby in her fridge for two days because they couldn't fit her in for an appointment. Sophie Hill, 21, called East Surrey Hospital for help but was told she couldn't be seen until her next scheduled visit. Sophie, from Maidenbower, West Sussex West Sussex, nonmetropolitan county (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km), S England. A chalk ridge runs from the county's east to west edge. In the south the land flattens into a gentle plain. After early Roman invasions, the Saxons moved across Sussex. , described the horror of scooping her baby's body out of the toilet and sealing it in a plastic case. She said: "I was traumatised. I could see my baby's hands and feet. Every time I opened my fridge that's what I would see. "I lost my child. I didn't know what to do. I called the hospital but they told me they couldn't see me till my appointment two days later. The nurse told me to put it in the fridge, I had to find a plastic container. I am so angry." Sue Chapman, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trusts Head of Midwifery midwifery (mĭd`wī'fərē), art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for centuries referred to a woman who was an overseer during the process of delivery. In ancient Greece and Rome, these women had some formal training. , said: "We would like to express our sympathy. We are unable to discuss individual cases." CAPTION(S): ANGER East Surrey Hospital |
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