Premature baby 'left to die' by doctors after mother gives birth just two days before 22-week care limit | Mail Online
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Huh? I don't get the question or see how it has anytihng to do politically.
It is a case in Great Britain. He is implying that this is the norm with their state run health care when in fact it is an isolated case, just like numerous terrible isolated cases can be pointed out that indite the current U.S. health care system.
Sad situation and it is never attractive to minimize something like this but when looking at the overall picture their health care system is out performing ours.
UK and US Healthcare compared
Health spending as a share of GDP
US 16%
UK 8.4%
Public spending on healthcare (% of total spending on healthcare)
US 45%
UK 82%
Health spending per head
US $7,290
UK $2,992
Practising physicians (per 1,000 people)
US 2.4
UK 2.5
Nurses (per 1,000 people)
US 10.6
UK 10.0
Acute care hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
US 2.7
UK 2.6
Life expectancy:
US 78
UK 80
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
US 6.7
UK 4.8
World Health Organization Ranking: UK 18th, USA 37th.
Even more damning...it appears the same decision would normally be made here, From your article:
"The guidelines were drawn up by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics after a two-year inquiry which took evidence from doctors, nurses and religious leaders.
But weeks before they were published in 2006, a child was born in the U.S. which proved a baby could survive at earlier than 22 weeks if it was given medical treatment.
Amillia Taylor was born in Florida on October 24, 2006, after just 21 weeks and six days in the womb. She celebrated her second birthday last year.
Doctors believed she was a week older and so gave her intensive care, but later
admitted she would not have received treatment if they had known her true age."
Gotcha, I thought it was some abortion this when I scanned over it. And doesn't the U.S. have one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world(out of the industrialized nations)? It's certainly higher than the UK's.