When Triage Fails: Why Labor and Delivery Must Treat Every Complaint as Real

Hospitals do not get a second chance to listen. In obstetrics, ignoring a woman in pain is not a clerical error. It is a safety event.

A woman in clear distress arrived at a hospital in Indiana and was told to go home. Eight minutes later she delivered her baby in a car on the side of the road. The video of her breathing in agony, pleading for help, and then being escorted out by security is painful to watch for anyone who works in labor and delivery. The hospital CEO stated bluntly th…