Inside Georgia's Maternal Mortality Crisis | Overlooked
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2020
- The United States has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths among developed nations, and the situation is far worse in rural parts of the country. In Episode 2 of Overlooked, VICE heads to Georgia, the epicenter of the country's maternal mortality crisis, following two OBGYN doctors responding to the rapid closures of labor and delivery units in the state.
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How about you make a video on "The deadliest U.S. State for unborn babies | REALLY OVERLOOKED"
@@folken1761 unborn babies are fetuses. Embryos. By your logic, sperm cells, that also have the capacity to develop into life, should be labeled as unborn babies as well.
I live 30min or so away from Jesup Ga which is in Brunswick but we have a couple of OBGYN offices here.
@@jennied9783 a baby is the result of the encounter of a sperm and an egg in certain conditions, so what you said has nothing to do with my logic!!
And lets assume embryos are not human and do not deserve our protection, then when does an embryo become a baby??
How about a follow up to this story? Black women are dying at an alarming rate over childbirth. Why? Why? Why? Dig into the insurance system and why it’s profits over healthcare. Why black women have to travel so far to obtain OB/GYN services and why OB/GYN pay the highest rates of malpractice insurance? There’s more work to done on this issue. As a woman I’m scared for my sisters and we need to do better as a country and as humans. Period.
I’m so glad she spoke about the black women affected by this. SPEAK ON IT!
💯😔bro in the 🇬🇧 here too🙏🏽
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I loved her. You could feel that she was just a wonderful soul.
Right!
Dying after/during childbirth is almost unheard of where I'm from in europe. That is like, 19th century stuff...
Please pray for us in America
I think the US should use the money that it spends defending Europe on its healthcare.
Let the Europeans defend themselves, then we will see what the various European healthcare systems look like after a decade or so of funding their own defence.
see i thought it was in america too, so its possible that you just dont know about it happening just like i didnt.
@@dav4x487 good luck telling that to your military industrial complex. What are you going to say? The people need taking care of?1😉
dav4x487 when does America defend Europe? it’s usually American interfering
“ I want to have an abortion”
“ No ! Its illegal !”
“okay I want to delivery my baby “
“we aint got doctors for that “
except she DOES NOT want that baby and they force her to carry it against her will which is torture. And then she ends her life because of this abuse and depression or dies in labor. Those 'pro-life' people are actively trying to end women's lives.
@Laura South why don't YOU become a doctor and help women deliver babies if you care so much
😭😭😭 the hypocrisy in these politicians
@@PizzaSpinner are you a doctor, if not, does that mean you don't care
@@PizzaSpinner damn you are gorgeous homegirl 😍.
I really liked that male doctor. He had this sort of warm, old-timey grandpa quality to him. Seemed nice.
He gave me plantation owner vibes
@@radiantrenee406 wtfs wrong w you
He seemed so sweet and like he genuinely didn't care about the money. He just cared about women.
Creeped me out some.. birth is better in the hands of women and in my opinion, the hospital, especially in that unnatural laid-back position is the last place a birthing mama aught to be.
@@TheMantaRae yeah I will never see a male ob. That’s so weird…
The female physician is so professional and has amazing bedside manner. Shes truly what I look for in a ob gyn physician. 💗
Yes she is
She truly is a gem! I was humbled when she said she sees 30 to 40 patients every day while making time to deliver a baby nearly everyday.
Those that work directly with positive people should be given at the minimum public acknowledgement for not only their physical sacrifice but More importantly their mental / emotional sacrifice
That is a LOVELY compliment,...but I wonder would you speak to her about her this nicely if the shoe was on the other foot and you were the doctor and she was the one pregnant married and in need of care.
What a gem she is. I can’t believe we are at the point that people are reaching out to their OBs for a mental health crisis. I hope she knows how important she is to her state.
what would we do without kind hearted and good people.
Ide be all bad .... Just imagine it but immediately have hope for a better future ... LETS ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER . YOUR AWESOME.
Jorge Martinez you’re awesome too🤍
Actually have a health system which is equivalent to other wealthy nations
You're all awesome, but i hope there could be way more kind hearted, empathetic, smart people in the World who do the right thing because its the right thing. Too many are 'me, me, me'. Imagine how amazing that World would be!
Right, they're all heroes. I work in healthcare myself but I can't imagine seeing healthy people die so often from preventable causes, young mothers and newborn babies. It's got to be so hard on them. It takes a special kind of person to do that job.
I am incredibly impressed by the female OBGYN shown here. You can tell she truly loves what she does, and she loves her patients. We need more like her.
I love love LOVE how proud this doctor is about having “the first set of hands that every touched you,” this is how all doctors should be. God bless her. Hearing her say those words really touched me.
Profit over human lives. The American way...
“Corporations are people my friend”
What about “profit over human lives” when scummy people, looking for a rich payday, sue the doctors over frivolous bull$hit ? That’s one of the reasons for doctor shortages and high cost. By the way, our redistributive justice system allows, and even incentivizes, this kind of disgusting and unethical behavior. So tell me who’s greedy here? Who exactly is it that’s looking to enrich themselves by taking from others? But what the hell! Doctors are rich so why not sue them to high hell....!!
Tyson Romero What in the hell has BLM got to do with this video ?
Nigel James He saw a black doctor and felt the need to be racist
Stanley Sellers In reference to the video, who is “he” ?
The lady driving and crying made me tear up, this breaks my heart . Healthcare needs to be better in the u.s
I hope you purposely spelled it u.s. rather than U.S. because it doesnt deserve the capital letters. American healthcare should be reformed.
@@freepalestine1673 That will get fixed once our government gets fixed. Have to take small steps since old people have a hard time adjusting to new things.
@@xgcDubstep true
I started crying too!
Better than "better" it needs to be free - end of
People have the right to a gun but no right to healthcare is crazy. When will America join the rest of the world in healthcare. Even Cuba has better healthcare.
Al Castill yep! It’s sad. 😭
Don't bring up Cuba, they're gonna link health with Communism again
For the sacrifice of a bad Economy:/
@MAE Gary But you only have the right to be educated on what they predetermined you shall be educated in. You may not just choose to be a doctor or a lawyer or any other profession. You are told what to be and then educated accordingly. Source: some of my family defected here from Cuba.
We have both and have to pay for both. This video isn't about insurance but a lack of maternity hospitals and professionals in the area. We are losing doctors in the US in every profession. I agree healthcare needs to be accessible to everyone but not the issue here.
People keep saying how it's "odd" that this could happen in America... it's not odd, it's systemic! Implicit racial bias & female health care are simply OVERLOOKED and have not been a priority.
Additionally, the social policies that impact women continue to be mainly developed by men.
But how do you fix it? What's the solution? How can you force doctors to move to that area and practice? How can you make more people go into that medical field? The issue is not enough doctors. Maybe if someone was to build a couple hospitals in the area and convince doctors to move or travel there and practice?
Kinda doesn’t surprise me that money is at the root of the issue. Newsflash: barely anyone in the us can afford basic healthcare....this is what the consequences will be, and the rich will not be the ones suffering.
I can't believe how many people vote against there own interest just to vote on party lines.
too bad it's a correlation of gov interference. and everyone be like more government, please . 1960's when gov got heavily involved and now look 50 years later all your complaints fall back to the premise of big gov controlling healthcare
The US is a 3rd world country with a Gucci belt.
@@dickfacepeterson The government does not control Healthcare. The Insurance companies control both healthcare and the government.
@Serena Rios Agreed, but the Insurance companies also own our politicians, who could change things.
Somebody get this woman an award.
She is a damn Saint.
I love how the conservative mindset pressures women into having children and then straight up refuses to even provide them with the necessary medical care to deliver them
It’s epic gaslighting. Conservatives hate women.
It’s not the “conservative mindset forcing them.” It’s because they had sex.
Both those doctors are absolutely amazing. The look on the male doctors face when he was talking about how long he had been doing it and how much he loved his job, so sweet.
The doctors refused to see me when I started miscarrying. I can understand this whole heartily.
You don't need to go to the hospital for a miscarriage anyways. Literally all they do is run tests and tell you what you already knew. I know this because my gf miscarried. We knew she was miscarrying but she insisted on me taking her to the ER. Guess what? She now has a $4000 medical bill basically just so they could tell her what we already knew was going on.
@@zekayman don't pay the bill. Literally they can't do anything about it if you don't pay it.
I'm so sorry. They refused to see me too.
@@purpleluma4715 Except is goes on to collections and your credit is fucked. Not a practical solution
@@purpleluma4715 yeah but your credit score goes down
You hear that guys? Delivering babies isn't profitable. If only there was a solution to this problem. I feel like it would rhyme with Universal Healthshmare.
Dude, don't do that. The low IQ people might get offended and vote against their own well-being again..
Universal health care would not be profitable either
@Cole S There's a world of difference between being pretentious and having common sense. People of all backgrounds are in need of universal healthcare, and it goes against no one's best interests, especially not that of certain ethnicities.
You're either purposely bringing up identity politics as an attempt to troll, or you, like most of the current Republican Party, simply have had every little thing handed down to you from your parents. Come back when you've learned to make an argument, and when you've re-read the definition of "pretentious".
@Cole S Firstly, this video covers who maternal death or other pregnancy complications affects the most, being African American women living in the south, and again, it doesn't affect just them specifically. It affects women of all other ethnicities regardless of profession and income. Those who are in need of a universal healthcare system, yet vote against it are completely unaware, or for people who have or are most likely to have a lower IQ, are willingly voting against their best interests. If you're struggling in life, yet decided to decline an opportunity to turn your luck around, you would be seen as being a total idiot. You've completely missed the whole picture on this subject, allowing yourself to make an argument based off of a single video. The implication that Whites are the only group of people immune to suffering is not only incorrect, it's also very inappropriate.
Secondly, I'm fine with people disagreeing with my point of view, and I appreciate a good discussion, but just randomly assuming a comment's subject matter from the get-go without thinking is proof you're just wasting your own time. I never claimed to be superior in any sense, I'm just pointing something out for what it is.
Cesarean sections make it profitable my doctor forced two on me when They were absolutely not medically necessary
Georgia: Life starts at conception so if you take the morning after pill we will spend millions of dollars to sentence you to a life in jail
Georgia: Sorry, no room in the budget for maternity care
im watching this in july 2022 and with roe v wade being over turned,were all in alot of trouble,god help us all!!!
Dr. Donna Adams-Picket is absolutely wonderful. I’m so happy to see a Black woman as an OBGYN. We need more Black women in prenatal care, as Black women are increasingly dying when it comes to maternal morality. We need more doctors like her in this world. You can tell she genuinely loves and cares about her patients.
I don’t know about this from personal experience, but I’ve read a ton about the way black women are treated by the medical community and it disgusts me. It brings me to the point of rage when I think about a mother being ignored or not believed and dying because of it. And we cannot let this be yet another situation where we make it better for people in some sort of hierarchical order. I think if we fixed the problems black women are dealing with EVERYBODY would have a better experience with healthcare. ❤️❤️
hideem1 - It disgusts me as well. It’s infuriating that some doctors, nurses, and health care providers exhibit racial bias in the medical field and dismiss Black people’s pain, don’t believe them when it comes to their symptoms, will ignore them, will treat them unjustly, etc - it’s mind-boggling. I’ve also read a ton of material on this subject, and I’ve done extensive research as well. I think it’s great that we both have educated ourselves on this subject matter. And yes, I agree with you! Once we fix the issue, acknowledge and address racial bias and discrimination in the medical field, Black women will not only have a better experience with their health care providers, but everyone overall will as well.
My wife would like for our daughter to be a doctor (OBGYN) especially after her near death experience delivering her. Hearing these stories and the rate at which black women die from child birth is truly sad and heart breaking.
Sabrina Valenzuela the crazy part is because black women’s pain is dismissed they are much less likely to develop addiction to pain killers. Tiny silver lining, yes, but to leave women in pain and dying is unacceptable and I think doctors could find a balance to help women in pain without putting them at risk for other problems. White women are more likely to abuse prescription drugs, yet no one talks about “white drug use,” the same way they talk about “inner city” (whistle much?) drug use. It’s all BS. And it is just a fact that if you improve the quality of care for the people you treat the worse, the quality of care will improve for everyone. It’s so basic. This whole business is so infuriating especially when the double standards are so obvious and the pro-life brigade is so blatantly hypocritical. The whole thing is obnoxious. I have so much more to learn and it is so nice to meet someone else who is on the same journey. We need to protect all women. Especially now.
hideem1 - Exactly! I completely agree. Beautifully articulated!
I live around and gave birth in Tulsa OK. 2-3 days after my daughter was born I hemorrhaged. My OB did not make sure I had give birth to the entire after birth and when I hemorrhaged it was the remaining parts tearing away from the lining of my uterus. I lost almost half my blood volume in less than an hour and I was refused a blood transfusion due to state law and I not having lost .0014 L more blood to be over the line to receive a transfusion so I was sent home and told to take iron supplements due to the fact I’d be anemic afterward.... I had so little blood in me I had to be carried and lifted into my husbands truck. This effected my ability to breast feed I believe as well as other complications. I’m so very glad to still have my life as so many other mothers lose theirs in pursuit of motherhood.
Oh my goodness 😳😔 I had a PPH which require two transfusions. I can’t imagine how traumatic this has been for you. I’m so grateful you pulled through and I hope you’re doing well now. You never forget though. All my love to you.
Camilla Palmer thank you for your support. I’m doing fine these days, it’s taken years to recover and I still bruise very easily but I’m no longer considered anemic.
Whoa that is scary. Glad you’re ok! Was there something missed by your dr or nurse when delivering afterbirth? Or is it somewhat normal to not totally deliver all of it at once?
1.4 ml! . Assuming you lots much more, I’d have argued that is within the tolerance of measurement error. Spillage etc. Horrifying!! I’m so sorry you went through that. I’m angry for you.
Omg that is so scary! I'm so sorry you went through that... I am grateful you are still alive. 🙏 ❤
“Healthcare should be available to everybody” absolutely
These Doctors are true heroes, the female physician has the most amazing bed side manner and just the most beautiful spirit. My father’s mom passed due to complications from child birth after having my dad, it has really affected him his whole life, so this really hit close to home.
The fact that in this day and age some doctors still believe that women of colour have a higher pain tolerance is just so unbelievable, if any patient tells you that they are in pain it’s your duty to make sure that everything is okay with them, instead of just writing them off, especially if it’s a pregnant woman! If they didn’t feel like they needed medical attention they wouldn’t go looking for it! This is so infuriating and heartbreaking, I really hope that with more awareness we’ll see change happen soon.
I'm shocked by this. I live in the UK and our NHS is one of the most precious things we have. Rich or poor, we are all entitled to free healthcare and I hope we never lose that privilege.
This is America getting what America votes for.
Yeah conservatives in America are against it for some reason idk y 🙃
@@ryanrobinson521 it's a simple reason - Money. conservative voters believe that they will personally pay more for healthcare through taxation. the conservative elite of course continue spreading that message because it WOULD cost them more money. it's a sad situation where the greater good of the people is being systematically overlooked.
Yeah, hopefully you guys can keep it. The NHS may not be perfect, but it really is an amazing program and shows the compassion of Brits.
NHS is satanic 100 something babies died covered up one women had a empty coffin look it up
I almost died from pre-ecclampsia because my doctors didn't think, at 39, with a history of high blood pressure, I required extra monitoring. At 26 weeks, I was told that my 140/90 BP and my stiff hand and foot were just something to watch and they made an appt for 3 weeks later. At 28 weeks, randomly, I was hospitalized with BP of 206/120 at delivered 5 days later, when I went into early stage organ failure from PE. It's not fair
I agree with momo. Even in Canada you need someone, even if its you, being an advocate for care. You might end up forgotten about in a back hallway. Being proactive is the best practice.
I am so sorry you had to go through that.... The healthcare system needs to be reformed asap
That's horrible. I had high blood pressure with both of my pregnancies. The first was when was in my 20's. The second in my late 30's, I informed the doctors and their staff, so they knew to monitor me closely. Plus, I like you being an older mom giving birth they made certain to provide the high risk pregnancy doctor as well. Then going to the hospital weekly to ensure the baby and I were healthy. They did a good job.
I watched my co-worker almost die going through the exact same thing several years ago. Her daughter was born way way early and she was ok, but it was horrific. I’m so sorry that happened to you.
Damnn .. I’m 23 and I my blood pressure went into 140/80 , I was shaking really bad when I told her this and all she could tell me was that I was in pain lmao 😒 lady I wasn’t in pain ..also I’m 39 weeks
I had preeclampsia and my kidneys almost shut down during me pregnancy with my son. People need to understand that pregnancy and childbirth is dangerous. I also found out after he was born I had a brain tumor I was unaware of while pregnant. I’m grateful I live in the NJ nyc area and am with 40 mins of some of the world best doctors and hospitals. All women regardless of location or income should have access to great care.
It’s disgusting that states like Georgia place anti abortion laws in the name of “woman’s health “ yet do nothing about their lack of access the hospitals with labor and delivery or insuring that women have local access to pre and post natal care. Seems that religious zealots only care about controlling women’s sexuality not their health. Rather then passing laws on the size of broom closets in abortion clinics or banning sex education they should be passing laws to make all hospitals have labor and delivery departments.
This completely blows my mind. I’m Canadian and I’ve never heard of anyone dying during childbirth here in Canada.
This coming on my timeline as a first time expectant mom due in exactly two weeks. Waves of emotions. Praying for the best.
Tyson Romero I’m seeing you under a lot of comments. How about you get off the internet and walk outside for a bit? Clear your mind of all of that poison. And while you’re at it, Leave this woman alone.
Praying for you, your baby and your family ❤ Wishing you all the best!
Jenny Allison - Aw! Congratulations on your pregnancy! I couldn’t imagine being pregnant during this hectic time. With the on-going pandemic, the civil unrest, the racial tensions, etc. I’m sure all of that is overwhelming for you. I’m praying that you have a healthy, safe, and smooth delivery. Any names picked out yet? 🤎
Congratulations, praying for a safe delivery for you and the baby 🙏🏾
Best wishes!!!!!!!! 🌺🌸🌺🌸🌺🌸🌺🌸🌺
Was this recorded before covid? I can’t imagine how bad it must be now.
I had a miscarriage in Georgia during the beginning of covid and had to drive hours to get to a hospital, and when I got there I wasn’t given proper attention. I ended up basically sitting alone bleeding in a back room of an ER with no medical attention.
Sarah Brockschmidt Jesus, I am so sorry.
Sarah Brockschmidt i am so sorry.
Sarah Brockschmidt - Wow. I am so incredibly sorry that you experienced this my love. That sounds extremely traumatic. I really pray that you are able to heal from the grief regarding your miscarriage and I pray that you heal from the trauma regarding how you were treated.
Sabrina Valenzuela well thankfully I got pregnant again a month later, I’m 4 months along now and everything is going perfectly... and I’m very far away from Georgia now.
This is so important. I went to the ER twice and sent home even with high liver enzymes. They even decided not to run all the labs I had brought in and didn’t tell me. A week later my OB says two labs she requested weren’t done and literally less than a week I am being called that I need an emergency induction because I could lose the baby. This system really needs to improve and medical professionals need to listen to patients more. My OB always listened to me, and always asked how I felt. She raised my standards on how I should be treated.
I don't get emotional watching videos often, but i gotta say this made me shed a little tear. Keep it up, VICE. What an amazing doctor
That doctor is a truly wonderful woman
And the male Physician seems lovely too 💖
@@heatherholyland157 oh 100%!
Yes! And you can tell she really loves helping others.
...and how about the male-doctor? Men get no love? Well guess what, we're used to it. It even happens during dating...
@@onYTsince2008 quit trying to get pity
Dr. Pickett went into medicine for all the right reasons. This women truly cares about helping women and their babies and that’s really an amazing thing to see 😊
Also I love that the first thing out of her mouth as she’s not even through the doorway to the father was “your baby is fine”
That's lovely, it makes me happy. (:
Anyone else cry multiple times while watching this?
I have so much love for every single healthcare professional making a beautiful difference in the lives of many, thank you!
Rest in Heaven to all the beautiful mommas and babies who fell victim to poor health care ❤️
I pray we can do better by all.
So sad to see this :( here in New Zealand midwives are heavily involved in pregnancies and are found all across the communities. They are present at the birth instead of OBGYNs. Most births happen in community based birth centers. Although everyone still has access to an OBGYN in the hospital, they are reserved for complicated births etc.
Another Kiwi here! I watched both my siblings be born in an incredibly rural community up in the North Island, I'm talking 45 minutes away from the closest ambulance service. EVEN then, in our tiny town, we had a whole birthing center with suites for stay, a birthing pool, and a team of midwives and nurses who stayed and worked there to deliver the babies of the community. I have pivotal memories of just how good the care was there, distracting us kids on a playground and in a loungeroom with books and a TV while mum slept etc, how nice the rooms the women would stay in, so much so that most people looked forward to giving birth, because other than the actual childbirth, it was somewhat like a holiday! My aunt is also one of the top midwives in NZ helping organise the College of Midwives in NZ, and even she still often drives out to rural areas or makes sure the mother doesn't have to travel much to see a midwife, doula or OBGYN (but you're right, they're usually in hospitals here situated in the bigger cities and most women won't see one at all unless something goes wrong). I'm a policy advisor for Te Whatu Ora, and whenever I feel myself despairing at the state of our system, all I can think of is the millions in America with even less access to proper, universal healthcare. It's heartbreaking.
She’s such a empath, we need more doctors like her, she’s so beautiful.. god bless to all these soon to be mothers, doctors, nurse’s and everyone who’s involved in this situation! ❤️🤍💙
these two doctors might be two of the best humans on the whole planet. and not working with half of what other doctors have at their disposal. the fact that women are so disposable to the medical industry is monstrous but these nurses and doctors are holding together entire communities is astounding. bless you both and all your staff ❤
There are quite a few doctors who care. Not enough, though.
This was excellent! Thank you for shedding light on such an important problem.
I was born and raised in GA and I had no idea GA was #1 for maternal mortality rate. All of my family and most of my friends gave birth there. It is so, so sad to think of a mother giving birth and dying right after her baby comes into the world 😖💔
Sometimes the baby doesn't come in the world either. Both their lives are at high risk before, during and after birth.
I almost lost my life to HELLP syndrome in 2017 while having my daughter. It was an experience I would never wish upon another woman. By the grace of god my daughter and I are both alive and well today.
Praise God you both are well 🙏🏾
R.i.p. prayers for you🙏🙏🏿
Why didn't this "god" thingy prevent the situation in the first place? Your "god" clearly sucks at what it is doing.
@@homerj.simpson7562 it takes $0 to respect someone’s religion. If you don’t know anything about their religion and why god can’t stop everything, then shut the hell up.
Wow. That’s a diagnosis we learned in nursing school that is very deadly. You are so fortunate to still be here and I’m glad that you are.
This was really depressing to watch.
I know same here. Make me sad.
You all are amazing people! This documentary made me cry. My daughter is pregnant and I pray that she has a doctor with hearts like yours!💝
Both doctors really made me tear up. They are heros
The fact that a woman needs to work at close to full term pregnancy is really sad... If the conservatives in the US want people to live the traditional American life, they need to try to pass laws to make that even a possibility; the laws they pass actively oppose families being able to live off a single income.
When I had my child, I was at work the day before going into labor. I wish it wasn't so, but when you only get a certain amount of time off for the birth of your child, you don't want to "waste" it before your child's born; you want to have as much of that time with your child as possible.
They don't actually want that. They just want to brutalize, control and abuse people. If there's a dollar to be made by their corporate buddies they won't hesitate, look at all of them trying to sue to stop loan forgiveness or rejecting free healthcare funding for their state just because it came from a Democratic president. They have no shame.
the fact that black women are more likely to die from childbirth has put a fear in me only God knows. I want children but i’m too afraid to die & leave my child motherless.
Do your research hunny. My sister refused to have her children in a hospital in the town close to her so she went all the way to Boston MA both healthy babies and she is ok thank God
Samantha Mac She is doing research... clearly she watched this video.
I’m sorry you even have to think about this Rosey. You deserve better. I hope you find a doctor you trust who can help you. I wish you peace. This is so wrong. Sending you love and hugs.
Go mid wife way or a black female doctor.
The fact, that Im black and conscious scares me from having kids. I don't think, I want to bring more black kids into the world. I will die and go alone with my misery, pain and disillusion with the system. I hope and pray the younger generations have it better.
Childbirth is suppost to be a beautiful thing, but it's not always like that. My labor was beyond traumatic. My heart goes out to anybody who suffered a traumatic labor and for all the families who have Los their loved ones ❤
Beautiful. This Dr restores my hope in people.. when I was having my daughter, she had the umbilical cord in the crease of her neck and everytime I had a contraction her heart rate would drop. We had to do an emergency c section. My doctor and anesthesiologist were great. I puked in my hair during the operation and the anesthesiologist cleaned me up instantly.
despite philippines being a developing country, we have free access to healthcare here although i admit it’s not high quality but when it comes to birth deliveries we have the EINC ( Essential Intrapartum and Newborn care) protocol that totally reduced the rate of maternal mortality. i’m a witness since i’m a nursing studen because when we had our duty in a public hospital, I saw many women gave birth safely.
As a fellow student nurse here also in the Philippines, I do agree that with do lack the quality of healthcare we could give to our clients, as well as that not all have access to hospitals (especially rural areas) and we should remember that all pregnant clients are AT RISK. The risk factors we have here are the demographic as well as the socioeconomic. What fears me the most is when the fetal heart rate of a baby is descelarating and we can't perform an emergency cs due to lack of hospital equipment.
@TURDBLASTER MK.23 im in Australia - we have our problems too, esp in rural areas, but i bet both our countries have better healthcare than the US
@ omu neko developed country? You mean third world
@@francisfree5242 developing *
Giving birth in the Philippines isn't all that great either. Our Healthcare system is way underfunded.
The first lady doctors voice is on point. No stress just this os what we are doing
ASMR
These doctors are so amazing
I know! I would love for her to see be my OB!
lol at my county being counted as "adequate" when i have to drive 30 minutes to the next county over to go to the OBGYN bc there is nothing here but an urgent care, guilford clinic, and public health office
It's really sad and disgusting that even though I'm 30 and grew up hearing the "funny" stories of the issues my mom faced when giving birth to myself andy sisters, absolutely nothing has gotten better!! My mom was constantly written off by doctors for every little concern and after a while it was found out that she was anemic, prediabetic, and for 2 of her 3 pregnancies her liver had started shutting down. All 3 pregnancies she had to drive over an hour away. My mom almost bled to death after giving birth to my older sister because the doctor wasn't listening to her when she said she felt like something was wrong. Then 5 years later I barely made it out because I stopped moving and they almost sent her home, and if it wasn't for my mom making friends with one of her nurses then who knows how long it would have taken for someone to notice that my heartbeat had stopped while I was in a weird position making my way out. Then 2 years later, my mom had to drive to a neighboring state to have my younger sister and when she finally got there she was told that epidurals were for major surgeries only, then she nearly bled out again because doctors refused to believe my mom when she told them that she is usually anemic and felt that she had lost a lot more blood than she had in her second birth.
Hearing her tell the story of her grandmother dying in childbirth... so powerful. She’s fighting the good fight. We need more amazing women like this in the world. ❤️
I live in Augusta, and we have always had people come from all over Georgia to go to hospital here. Not just for childbirth, but for most major surgeries. We have, and have had since the 1800s, a learning hospital here.
Why do you think birth mortality rate it so high? Asking as someone not from Georgia
@@desalex4683 in my opinion, it's just because there are still so many tiny rural towns, still farming the same land their grandparents did. There's not more than a gas station and a few houses in some. A lot of these mothers don't get (are not able to get) adequate prenatal care.
Some may say it could have something to do with having several military bases, and 2 nuclear power plants and storage facilities. Or the amount of chemical sprayed because of all the agriculture. My husband says its the rampant outbreak of drugs.But, one of the towns about 5 miles away from me was just named best place to live in U.S.!! So there's that... but this is certainly a sad nonetheless.
Edit:I love where I live♡.♡
I hope you’re not talking about AU Med because they have some of the most lazy, incompetent and cold-blooded CNAs and Nurses out there
@@DeJulius_Caesar that IS the learning hospital here. Also has a dental wing.if you don't have the money to see a dentist, you can go, and it's a fraction of what you would normally pay. Really helps people who don't have insurance or don't have a lot of income. Used to be called the Medical college of Georgia. But there are several other hospitals here as well. Trinity, (formerly St. Joseph) Doctor's hospital with the burn center, and University. As well as the 2 VA facilities.People don't come just for Au. This area is saturated with specialists and rehabs, dialysis and dentists. The program had it right, Augusta is a mid town. Most come here for stuff. If you hear they've been taken to Atlanta,, it's pretty major.
Edit: I suppose one could argue that the care isn't the same because it IS a learning hospital
Holly Summers Being a learning hospital has nothing to do with it. I had worked in learning hospitals before and had an opportunity to work as a traveler there a while back. I practiced on the West Coast before coming to Augusta and I can tell you that the quality of care (on the East Coast in general, not just Augusta) is subpar compared to the standards that we are being held to on the West Coast. The level of incompetence and indifference among junior staff is quite honestly frightening. The doctors were very nice and responsive though
this is a very important and well made documentary, shedding light on real issues.
That male obgyn reminds me of mine. He loved holding the babies he helped bring in the world. I got a picture with him and my nurse holding my only daughter. Amazing people.
The world needs more doctors and people like her. Thank you Doctor for everything you do.
Fax!
Fewer and fewer people want to become doctors in America because you will go broke! Half a million dollars needed to go to medical school. Who can afford that?? The rich don’t want to become doctors.m and the poor and middle class can’t afford the student loans! There is no benefit.
JAZZYM201 but we still have a lot who still want to go to med school but it’s a very hard process to get in. I’m a premed student and the classes are challenging but I know it’ll be worth it when ready to apply for med school. I know newer generations are interested in the medical field so there is some hope
Alireza Khosravi oh yeah no doubt it’s definitely mentally and physically draining and on top of the cost, you have to really be motivated to want to be one and tbh good doctors are the ones who don’t care about the salary or cost, there goal is to make a positive impact on the community
The US is going through what I call reverse industrialization. If we look at all countries on the planet other than the USA, except for some few exceptions, everyone is thriving to make the life of its citizen easier, through unions, mediacare, worker rights, and so on. But in the US, its the opposite, all those rights were acquired 40-50 years ago and as time advances, the citizen lose more and more rights instead of having their general quality of life be improved. Proving the U.S. is becoming the richest country of the third world.
it is very sad
In shocked truly this is suprising. 😑
Daganisoraan I am interested in your reverse industrialization Theory, which of the ( All Countries ) are you referring to, there are currently 195 countries
@@Yellowspider1776 First I'm not an expert about socio-economic issues. But here's a small definition of Industrialization "Industrialisation is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing." The words I want you to mainly keep in mind are social and economic change.
In the 19th century and early 20th century, almost all countries in Europe, plus Canada, the USA, Japan and Australia went through a long process of getting the life of their citizen better. In no particular order there were the creation of unions to get worker rights, children rights, basic human rights, medicare, the expansion of the road system and electric grid, freedom of speech in various degrees, voting rights, the schooling system, etc, and really importantly the creation of the middle class. Basically, it was the birth of the first world countries and that period in history was called the Industrialization periord. And during the 20th century, countries that belonged both in the second and third world strived to do the same things for their citizen at various degrees of success.
But look at what the USA is slowly becoming since the last 30-40 years. Citizen have lost the power of their unions, abortion rights are receding, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening instead of getting smaller, there's no medicare making the USA the only first world country without it. In short terms, as time advances, the worse the life of the poor and middle class of americans becomes. Truly, the USA, is slowly becoming a third world country where only the super rich can have a good life and the rest of the population form the poor class and there's barely if not at all middle class.
So, in other term the USA is going through a reverse industrialization period concerning its social and economic progress.
Note: In all of the above I don't include China because its current devellopment doesn't follow the rules that the West followed. And of course ignore North Korea and the war-torn countries of the arab world.
I believe the main culprit is the over politicization of literally everything.
Thank you Vice for making these videos! Without them I wouldn't know some of the things I do. I hope you will make updates to this type of video so we can see if there are any l changes being made!
both of these doctors seem so wonderful and compassionate. they are doing the good work and i know it can’t be easy.
What a blessing to have such a caring doctor. We need more OB/GYNs like her.
All having a kid costs you in Canada is parking and Tim Hortons. Maybe 25$ Canadian.
That’s generally how it is in a first world country
Exactly! I’m an American living in Canada and so many people here are shocked to find out you can have insurance and get a bill! My sister just had a baby and the insurance company tried to say the baby wasn’t actually covered. The delivery was, but once the baby was out any care she received was supposed to be out of pocket.
the usa is drunk on capitalism. we cant see straight
It actaully cots more but you've already paid for it through taxes. But yeah, thank God not every country is like the US
@@kria9119 Americans spend more on health care than every other western country this includes taxes.
I’m speechless.
Loss for words and too many tears to hold back.
We need more Doctors in general like Dr. Pickett
I am in tears about this problem that is not even being addressed. I had my son in 1972 in Winder Georgia. I had to drive from Athens to Winder for visits and to the hospital. It is a miracle I survived. I was actually handed a Trilene gas and left while in labor. I hope and pray that we get to a point in our humanity to take care of EVERYONE with no discrimination or hatred. We need to start acting in love and help each other. God bless the doctors in this video for sharing this with us and caring.
Jade Anjoun - Wow. I can’t even imagine giving birth in the 70’s. That must have been such an overwhelming situation. And I completely agree with everything that you wrote. Beautifully articulated. Do you have any grandchildren? 🤎
Like a third world country. Funny how Americans think their country is the best in the world. This would be free in Australia.
We don’t think it’s the best
Can't f*ck with these bombs we gone drop on ur head homeboy
@Scratchy Ballzack and there are people who ruined this country so it sucks
Kelgo yes y’all do .. and if it’s not you then it’s your neighbor next door
Scratchy Ballzack pretty sure Medicaid paid for their kids birth lol
💔 thank you for covering this not so popular topic !
I was so blessed to have an amazing OB throughout my high risk pregnancy. After I had my quarantine baby in June, all should have been well until I ended up with a DVT (deep vein thrombosis) just last month. This can happen up to 3 months postpartum. I had to see FIVE doctors even though I knew what I had. Even the emergency room sent me home. I could have died. I'm just thankful I have excellent insurance via my husbands job. I can't imagine the costs I would have incurred but for that. You should not have to consider pricing when trying to save your life.
I can’t wait to become a Doula and yes it’s serious business having a baby/babies. My cousin died last year from having an asthma attack while pushing and her baby died as well😔
I'm sorry for your loss.
😢😢😢😢
Was she in a hospital when it happened? Why do you not go and finish as a DOD of Obstetrics & Gynecology so you can do emergency cesareans and support it all?
S cell what?
@S cell weirdo 🤢
This is why I’m studying to become a midwife. My only mission is to make sure mother and baby’s health and well-being are first priority. Nothing is more important than the wellness of both (sometimes more than 2) lives throughout a pregnancy, labor and postpartum.
And money being a big factor into deaths/complications is sickening. I can’t wait to open my own practice and work with individuals on the payment options, which will be based on income. No one should face complications, death, lack of healthcare, etc just because they don’t have thousands of dollars just sitting around.
Sky Gomez Which is why assistance will be income based once I have my own office. And I’m not helping the rich, I’m helping mothers have the healthiest pregnancy they can. Rich or poor, I will be working for the health and comfort of mothers and babies.
hopefully i can find you when i’m pregnant
@Sky Gomez that is just not true across the board. Midwifery was a viable option for lots of low income mothers in the last century. Midwives like Margaret Charles Smith served her community for decades, for little to no pay. Home birth can be very affordable. Hospital birth can be very expensive.
But I'm sure there are lots of new midwives that are charging more and more but you can find some affordable options for home birth or some birthing centers, if you could find one. I think it depends on where you live and the kind of access that is available, like the story showcases.
I just dont think it's true that midwives are only for rich families.
That you for joining the movement. ♥️♥️
I think this an amazing desire and applaude your efforts. But once you learn the cost that it takes to own and run a business, you realize that you will need "The rich" to keep your insurance premiums paid and your staff paid as well. It's hard to run a business on just a sliding scale/for the low income and still be able to keep your doors open and your staff paid.
As someone who who worked for a a mental health business who serviced mostly those on Medicaid or without insurance, it wasn't something I could continue to do. The profit margins or lack of didn't allow me to earn a living wage. I was serving the impoverished community while making impoverished wages doing it.
Regardless if your clients are low income or rich, you as a business will still have the same cost as everyone else who owns a business.
What an amazing piece! Thank you for shining the light!
This is absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢 😥 Thank goodness for these dedicated amazing doctors & medical staff 🙏🙏🏿🙏🙏🏿
Dr. Pickett is awesome 🥰🥰🥰you can tell everything she does is from the heart this is not just a job for her❤️
Same with the male dr.
Only in America.. But in all seriousness, that is messed up, especially if you’re a woman..
@Sabot nowhere else in the developed world is as bad as america.
Is your profile pic rule 34 raven?
@Sabot "The United States has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths among developed nations"
Sabot I’m so sorry, but I have to disagree. The UE has far lower death rates as well as hospital births. It’s more common in Scandinavian countries to labor and birth at home. Contrary to what many believe, the US is not as advanced as some countries. Now, death rates can have more to do with the health of women in the US (more likely to be heavier, less physical, poor diet, etc.). I can personally speak from experience. I had 2 children in the EU and two in the US. The US may look more medical, but I was much more stressed out because of the US ways of medical care and ideas. It may seem normal and it is to those in the US, but that doesn’t make it correct. Also, US was founded by Europeans and much newer. How does the US people believe they are the example 🤔 Even the language is European.
Philip Eng. No.
this doctor is so comforting to watch. it's so wonder she's in this profession
This was extremely tough to watch and digest.
I couldn’t help, but shed a tear when the baby was delivered and seeing the mom so relieved !! Nature is nothing, but uncontrollable
She is the absolute sweetest doctor. I love her I wish I had her as an ob
This is absolutely unbelievable and chilling…
HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE!
That doctor is absolutely tremendous and remarkable and just filled with love, dedication, devotion, and just wow!
Check out Yosemite Prepper on RUclips. He has prepping videos (I’m a fan)
Thanks Vice for bringing awareness to problems like these
I’ve lived in GA my whole life and wasn’t aware of this. My babies are grown now but it’s something I thought I would have known about! I love both Dr’s in this video.
Gotta say, I was expecting Kentucky
Yeah.... Definitely thought that as well.
No that child molestation, and cancer rate
Or W VA... Or VA.
I'm from Georgia I wasn't expecting that.
Jeremy Sydney Nebraska
Dam what incredible humans. I nearly lost my sister a few months ago in Pennsylvania because of lack of access to an OB. She didn't even have a single maternity class because thier hospital stopped offering them. She had a checkup on a Thursday and was declared perfectly fine. That Saturday turns out she had full blown Eclampsia! She had multiple seizures over 6+ hours. The staff weren't prepared and eventually called a retired Dr to come in and he saved her life. I was appalled by how she was able to have undiagnosed Pre-eclampsia just 2 DAYS before the delivery. Any EMT or even EMR certified person would easily have understood what was happening.
Wtffff so sorry that happened to your sister. This is horrible
The glamor shots of the pregnant mothers and their death dates made me physically flinch. It's absolutely heartbreaking and it's horrific that we''ve come so far yet fail so many in need.
Omg God bless the few doctors left that care
“The Deadliest City in the U.S. to have a baby”... AKA anywhere in the U.S., the country is an utter shambles... lol
No it’s not
What 😂
While we're dead last in the developed world in terms of healthcare, education, and.. pretty much everything else, a lot of other countries have it worse.
@Cole S Compared to that of the EU, and Japan alone; we're far behind.
Cole S “if you look at the statistics for only the white and Asian US population”... that’s using selective sampling to pick out the highest scoring subset in a population, how can you compare that to another country’s overall score? Isn’t logical to make comparisons like that. Look at the US as a whole..
I have never been this early to watch a Vice video
Same 😂
same
Me too
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Wow YOUR COOL STFU 🍼
These doctors are amazing! Thank you for covering them!
FOR EVERYONE COMPLAINING ABOUT ABORTIONS: So, you’re telling me that you care more about a lump of cells rather than an ACTUAL, BORN, ALIVE baby? What happens if the mother has the child, and abandons it? What happens if she puts the child up for adoption and they spend their childhood growing up in an adoption center, or potentially being shuffled between multiple different families/households that have the potential to be abusive or neglectful? Y’all’s logic is so skewed it is actually baffling... don’t even get me started on how YOU telling ME or ANY OTHER WOMAN what they can do with their bodies and unborn children is literally like a stranger walking into my bathroom in my home and wiping my ass for me. Get OUT my business and every other women’s thank you very much
It’s not a lump of cells. Do some research sweetheart.
So you rather kill the baby inside the womb, the same one you guys cherish when dying in a miscarriage or carried out yet they're still a fetus until they're killed in an abortion. You're a hypocrite
@@oookoshka3734 you don't cherish and protect the mothers who have babies. If becoming pregnant is potentially a death sentence where is the insensitive for risking your life. What about the care when they baby is out of the womb? They literally only have 8 more weeks of care and then they are on their own. Single mother with no help do not have care and help. Why would they put themselves and a child through that. They need to be able to choose. You're selfish.
@@GDLOVER1000 if that were the case then every woman would die but they don't. This is negligence in the doctors. Only you enable this by thinking abortion is the only wag when it's not. You don't fix the problem, you enable it. You are a hypocrite
@@GDLOVER1000 These pro lifers don't want universal health care, universal child care, and paid parental leave for mother AND father which are all things that have been studied and PROVEN to lower the rate of abortion. Making it illegal doesn't stop it. It only pushes it into the shadows where desperate women go to desperate measures to get back alley abortions which ends with both the baby and mom dead. Pro-life? Nah more like pro-death. And it's all due to selfish ignorance.
This is the second episode I've watched of this series and again I have to say I'm happy that someone is telling these stories. We need to know.
This should be a national emergency!! WTF!?
Won't happen. Can't throw bombs on it, so...
It should but as of late we cant agree on any social issues so it wont be
i literally cried with the mom when she pushed her baby out ✨✨ so beautiful 😭
After I had my 2nd baby I had postpartum hemorrhage and needed multiple blood transfusions. I came so close to death and I’m so lucky that I had access to competent medical care nearby my home. I can’t imagine what these women go through.
No one cares about women ☹️ I tell people all the time having a baby is a blessing. A lot of people take it for granted.
seems more like a curse after seeing this lol
“No one cares about women ☹️”
*Bullshit!*
Dr. Adams-Pickett is amazing, she’s like the real life Dr. Bailey and so much more.
This is why I'm not having another baby... almost died having my first. Just ridiculous in such a rich country.
Same here I had an emergency c section they did my epidural too early i felt my baby being pulled out i wasn't listened to and I lost a lot of blood then they were trying to rush me out of the hospital I told them I was having breathing they told me I didn't qualify for oxygen because my breathing was fine then I ended up needing two blood transfusions my blood dropped to a 5 took weeks to get back to normal such an injustice in this country
Not sure what your situation was but that can happen regardless of the care you get.
I’m 31 weeks pregnant and I’m a black woman. My pregnancy experience with my doctors have been phenomenal. My biggest advice is to be your biggest and loudest advocate. Demand medical treatment and when you can’t get it, go to another doctor or hospital. Do all the research you can do.
Good advice but don't act like that is possible for everyone. You watched the video hopefully, some of these women's nearest OBGYN doctors are over two hours away. And if they don't have insurance, or a car, or can't stop working because they need to support themselves and their families?
California has the lowest maternal mortality in the nation and it compares well internationally too. Because people here and their elected representatives actually CARE. The GOP doesn't care. Not about maternal treatment, not about women, not about babies, and especially not about black women.