MORE ABOUT THE UNCLAIMED FETUSES

On June 26, the PDN ran a story about the Mass and burial for 12 unclaimed human fetuses reportedly retrieved from the GMH morgue, and which (per the information received from the Director of Public Health) were the result of miscarriages.

The next day, we posted a story here on JungleWatch calling into question the claim that all the fetuses were the result of miscarriages, noting that GMH policy discourages "technological support" and recommending only "palliative care" for babies born as late as 27 weeks and weighing less than 750 grams, whereas premature babies in other places, born as early as 21 weeks, are being saved.

It appears from today's story that the PDN decided to do a little digging and found the following:

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LETTING BABIES DIE AT GHM?

This blog was meant to be more than just about the problems with the Archdiocese of Agana, and here's an example.

Isabella Stanley was born at 22 weeks at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Diego, California. Read the story here.

Both her and her parents were fortunate that she wasn't born on Guam. At GMH, she would/could have been been declared "non-viable" and left to die:

Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Nursing Services Policy and Procedure Manual, Policy # 6301-II-C-31.00, Sec. II: 

WHICH NEWBORNS SHOULD RECEIVE COMFORT CARE? (i.e. let die). 

A. Newborn (sic) at the threshold (sic) of viability, with extremely low...gestational ages, especially those with gestational ages of 25 weeks +/-

According to Guam Public Law 32-030, Guam has twice the infant mortality rate of the rest of the United States. Could it be that other places try a little harder to save their children?