Tag: miscarriage
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Ontario Jail Health Crisis: Ashley Stevens’ Miscarriage and Sepsis Raise Alarm
Introduction: A Crisis Within Concrete Walls When a patient can’t access timely care, the consequences are dire. In Ontario, Ashley Stevens’ harrowing account of a miscarriage, followed by a life-threatening infection, highlights a systemic failure in jail health care that advocates say is worse than isolated incidents. Her story has sparked renewed scrutiny of how…
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Ontario jail health crisis: a woman’s miscarriage exposes systemic neglect
Overview: A troubling glimpse into jail healthcare In Ontario’s correctional system, health care is meant to be a basic right, not a privilege doled out only when time and attention permit. Yet, reports of delayed treatment and inadequate care in jails have repeatedly surfaced, and the case of a woman who suffered a miscarriage followed…
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Penn Badgley Opens Up About Near-Separation After Two Miscarriages: A Candid Look at Love Under Strain
Inside the Personal Storm: What Penn Badgley Shared Actor Penn Badgley has opened up about a painfully intimate chapter in his personal life, revealing that he and his wife, musician Domino Kirke, faced a near-separation after experiencing two miscarriages. Speaking on the Totally Booked podcast while promoting his new book, Crushmore, Badgley offered a rare…
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Penn Badgley Opens Up: Miscarriages, Near-Separation, and Healing
Celebrity Candor: Penn Badgley Reflects on a Difficult Chapter Hollywood often glosses over personal pain in favor of glossy premieres, but Penn Badgley is choosing candor. In recent remarks tied to his latest book, Crushmore, the You star opened up about a deeply personal chapter in his life with wife Domino Kirke: two consecutive miscarriages…
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Too late to save her: Sepsis treatment delay cited inquest into Clare woman’s death
Overview A Clare woman’s death following a suspected sepsis infection, two hospital presentations, and a delayed broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment has been formally acknowledged as a breach of the Health Service Executive (HSE) sepsis protocol. The Limerick Coroner’s Court delivered a narrative verdict after hearing that delays and a narrower initial antibiotic choice likely worsened her…
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Family haunted by preventable death after miscarriage and suspected sepsis delays
Overview of the case A coroner’s court in Limerick has heard that a woman’s death, occurring the day after a miscarriage, may have been preventable if sepsis treatment had been administered more promptly. Leona Cusack, 33, from Ballycasey in County Clare, died at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) on February 18, 2024, after the ambulance transfer…
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Pregnancy Loss in Ireland: Surviving and Honoring Tiny Angels
Facing the Silence: A Personal Truth About Pregnancy Loss When many people picture pregnancy, they imagine joy, anticipation, and celebrations. But for one in five women in Ireland, pregnancy loss or stillbirth casts a long shadow over those early days, turning hope into anxiety and fear. This is the story of grief that lives in…
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I’m One in Five: Coping with Pregnancy Loss in Ireland
Facing an Unspoken Reality When people think of pregnancy, they often picture joy, anticipation, and the joyful flutter of new life. But for one in five women in Ireland who have experienced pregnancy loss or stillbirth, the experience is shadowed by fear, silence, and a daunting sense of isolation. I count myself among them. I…
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A Personal Reflection on Miscarriage, Care, and Hospital Realities During Covid
Introduction: bearing the weight of loss in a crowded hospital Three years have passed since my miscarriage, yet the shadow it cast still lingers in ordinary moments. My hospital memory is a blend of clinical routines, quiet loneliness, and small revelations about what care can be—and should be—during pregnancy loss. While the world contended with…
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The Quiet After: A Personal Reflection on Miscarriage, Care, and Public Health Gaps
Introduction: A memory colored by isolation and care systems Three years have passed since a miscarriage that quietly reshaped the way I understand pregnancy, care, and the spaces in which we endure loss. My experience happened in a period when public health demands and personal grief collided: a Covid-impacted pregnancy, hospital visits solo, and a…