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"It Happens in the United States"

DrLeftover

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You need to read this:

No one expects a mother to die from childbirth. But it happens, and it happens far too often, even here in the United States. ....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelly-lopez-gray/it-happens-in-the-united-states_b_5585119.html
 
You don't seem to be doing exceptionally well on child mortality either. http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae-432c-9bd0-df91d2eba74a%7D/SOWM-FULL-REPORT_2013.PDF (Pages 31-34, US on 33.)
Smooth said:
A very good question :/
 
My sister in law copied me that article.

She's a nurse in a maternity ward in a major hospital near here.

I thanked her for the note.
 
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