Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Delivery Rooms' Memories vs Safety: What will Prevail?

Meritus Medical Center, a Maryland hospital, recently banned pictures for five minutes after the baby's birth. A hospital spokesperson said the policy is to "protect patient privacy" and "reduce potential staff distractions." This is according to The Baltimore Sun.


Indeed, there are times that pictures, videos and any other gadgets that are used to record the memories of the babies' first minutes on earth can distract some men and women wearing dickies hip flip and cartoon scrubs and even some patients.


The new policy however, created disagreements and criticisms from many including parents and as well as law officials. Let me quote some of them.


"There's no question in my mind or in the minds of other colleagues who I've worked with on the obstetrical side that hospitals are doing this so as not to have a piece of evidence generated that can be used against them in a court of law. They do it to hide the truth."
_Brian McKeen (medical malpractice attorney)_


"What's next, the father can't be in the delivery room?"
_Laurie Shifler(will be delivering her eighth child at the hospital under the new policy)_


On the other hand, doctors and nurses in cartoon scrubs or dickies hip flip don't give us any idea what they think about the said policy.


How about you? Are you in favor of the delivery room pictures ban?

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