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- karlw, on 07/18/2008, -40/+263The women given the wrong pill was in an abortion clinic. Even if no words were spoken, she still took a pill that was given to her in a abortion clinic. She wasn't expecting a fertility pill. This is more like a "woopsie-doodle", sensational headline, so-so story.
(dugg for my own comment) - MikeyMoose, on 01/30/2009, -29/+223Buried - Headline is so misleading! There is no "wrong woman" in this story. A woman, who was going for a chemical abortion was given the second stage pill instead of the first stage pill.
- ToadLeg, on 07/19/2008, -2/+93Title is inaccurate/misleading: She was going to get an abortion, she was just given the wrong type of abortion pills. It's an incredible *****, but nobody accidentally got their baby aborted.
BURY AS INACCURATE - iwasnevy, on 07/19/2008, -3/+68Maybe if the author knew how to write with any continuity, the article would actually make sense...
There are 32 distinct paragraphs in this article, and each one is a single fragmented sentence.
I gotta recap to see if I got this straight:
Patient A went for a consultation.
Clinic discovers they switched patients.
Patient A was called back.
Patient A was in pain.
Patient B should have gotten the pill.
Patient A went to abortion clinic.
Patient B had the same name.
Patient A took the pill and left.
Patient A went for a consultation.
Patient B had the same name and was in the clinic.
Clinic discovers they switched patients.
Patient A should not have gotten pill.
Clinic discovers they switched patients.
Patient A was called back.
Patient A got an ultrasound.
Patient A shouldn't have gotten pill.
Patient A was in pain.
Patient B came back.
Clinic discovers they switched patients.
Patient A was called back.
Patient A was in pain.
Clinic switched patients and didn't obtain consent.
Clinic didn't obtain consent.
Was there consent?
Clinic didn't obtain consent.
Buried until the author takes a writing class. - inactive, on 07/19/2008, -4/+59The problem is she could be dead taking the wrong pill. Abortion pills are not your typical Aspirin or Paracetamol. The nurse obviously didn't carry out the procedures correctly.
- hwy61revisited, on 07/18/2008, -30/+67Talk about incompetence! I feel terrible for the woman who was given that drug.
- Nairebis, on 07/19/2008, -4/+36This is not quite as horrible as it seems at first glance -- both patients were in for abortions, the "wrong" patient just got a pill instead of a consultation. The nurse claims she gave consent -- which makes sense, since what idiot would take a pill in an abortion clinic when she's just there for a consultation?
- peticsu, on 07/19/2008, -7/+38she mustve took the red pill
- Tyrghast, on 07/19/2008, -6/+37Where exactly did they get this article... I mean, the Daily Mail isn't really the most credible news source, it's a tabloid.
- Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 07/19/2008, -5/+36I agree. I didn't see anywhere in that article where patient A asked what the pill was. Yes, the nurse was ignorant, but so was patient A for swallowing the pill. I don't care if the surgeon general personally hands me a pill, I'm going to ask what it is before it goes in my mouth. Somebody neglected to tell her not to take random pills without knowing what they are.
- inactive, on 07/19/2008, -10/+33"Miss Downer failed to carry out the identity checks and gave the drug to a patient who was only due to have an initial visit. That would have involved a consultation with a doctor, blood tests and a scan.
Patients at the first stage after the initial consultation are given a tablet of Mifepristone to swallow, which stops the growth of the foetus."
It's possible that the woman could've decided to carry out the pregnancy after the consultation. Many women consult and then decide to have or not have the child. Putting her in an abortion clinic trying to educate herself on her decision doesn't make the outcome any less upsetting for me. - enclaved, on 07/19/2008, -0/+21It kinda did..sorry!
"The first woman attended the Calthorpe Clinic"
Calthorpe Clinic | Abortion advice, abortion choice, abortion help ...
A private surgical clinic in Birmingham specialising in abortion.
www.calthorpe-clinic.co.uk/ - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
Due diligence, try it. - kufu91, on 07/19/2008, -0/+20if you were just consulting, why would you take their pills?
- ThePerkins, on 07/19/2008, -15/+34That nurse puts the pro in pro-choice.
- fearlessfx, on 07/19/2008, -10/+28Buried for inaccuracy and stupidity.
- pauldy, on 07/19/2008, -6/+24Buried inaccurate she went in for an abortion and received the wrong stage pill. She was already having the abortion didn't oops get one by accident.
- paranoid614, on 07/19/2008, -0/+17dugg for digging your dugg comment
- dawgma, on 07/19/2008, -0/+16Yeah... you didn't even read the article, did you?
- Tenlow, on 07/19/2008, -1/+16Actually I'm pretty sure all women who have a consultation choose to either have or not have the baby.
- josephbloseph, on 07/19/2008, -0/+15The problem is that the headline "wrong woman given abortion" is misleading. It takes the normal headline "patient receives improper drug/dose/surgery" that we're all so familiar with, and gives us the sense that an abortion was administered in the case of a planned pregnancy; interesting, as the original article puts '' around the word 'wrong', making quite a bit of difference
- floridiot2, on 07/19/2008, -0/+14someone already found out how far her rabbit hole goes.
- swern425, on 07/19/2008, -0/+13I understand that she was going in for a consultation, but she certainly should've asked what drugs she was being given considering that she was only being consulted and not there for actual treatment.
- Cone, on 07/19/2008, -4/+16Um. She was there for an initial consultation and given a pill that the medical community had decided shouldn't be used in pregnancies of over 9 weeks -- which this was. That is WAY more than an "oops." Chemicals in the body when they should not be is not a good thing.
- Mononuclear, on 07/19/2008, -2/+14Yes this is shocking but I don't believe anything that comes from Daily Mail. If the BBC posts this then I will believe it really happened and the facts haven't been twisted.
Digg please stop digging sensational crap from tabloids. You all complain about the media focusing on gossip about Britney Speares and Paris Hilton and then you digg ***** from a UK tabloid. - zyklon, on 07/19/2008, -1/+13Well the baby certainly DID get unplugged.
- Trots, on 07/19/2008, -2/+14Equivilating using contraceptives to russian roulette. Such a bad comparison.
And you didn't tell the truth. Or rather, you skewed it. There's a world of difference between a fetus and a baby. - CptBuck, on 07/19/2008, -2/+13http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_mi ...
BBC is superior - inactive, on 07/19/2008, -3/+13Nope.
- 222good, on 07/19/2008, -1/+11yeah man, and while we're at it we'll get rid of all medical treatment, that way there will never be a medical mistake again
- antechinus, on 07/19/2008, -2/+12We need to bring back old technology - it is a lot harder to administer coat hanger wire to the wrong person.
- uzusan, on 07/19/2008, -0/+10If the author had taken a writing class, he wouldn't be working for the daily mail.
- InfernoX, on 07/19/2008, -2/+12A woman should be allowed to control her body.
- ostracize, on 07/19/2008, -1/+11Abortions will still happen regardless of whether or not it's abolished. At least it can be regulated and done without endangering the mother's life when it's legal.
- explnx, on 04/27/2009, -0/+9Here is their website:
http://www.calthorpe-clinic.co.uk/
"About Calthorpe":
"The Calthorpe Clinic in Birmingham supports the right for people to limit their family. It was the first abortion provider to open a clinic outside London. For 40 years, it has been providing surgical and medical terminations for thousands of women each year." - StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -2/+11@Fitzal, I have two kids, both of whom were conceived while my wife was on the pill.
Not unplanned, just earlier than expected :) - Tsuroerusu, on 07/19/2008, -2/+11Tell that to George W. Bush next time he opens his mouth about how important it was to "liberate" Iraq.
- dood, on 07/19/2008, -1/+10"Having sex is the PURPOSE of sex."
You got one thing right. - bucketheadhead, on 07/19/2008, -0/+9dugg for "woopsie-doodle"
- inactive, on 07/19/2008, -2/+10Fitzal, how do you know she'd been having unprotected sex? Those two words don't even appear in the article. Presumptuous much?
- zyklon, on 07/19/2008, -3/+11Stop talking.
- zyklon, on 07/19/2008, -3/+11I would be SO PISSED.
- jascination, on 07/19/2008, -2/+10I agree...I'll believe it when I hear it from a real news source.
Seriously people, linking to The Daily Mail is just like linking to a story from "Hello!", "Heat" or "Women's Weekly". The paper may have an 'official' sounding name, but everyone in England knows it to be sensationalist *****. - Ribbo, on 07/19/2008, -2/+10Dude this happened in England, nothing to do with Hilary Clinton.
- Rhawk187, on 07/19/2008, -4/+12Yeah, the headline totally made it sound worse than it actually was. My jaw dropped when I saw the headline, but after I read it, it doesn't seem like as big a deal.
- tomz17, on 07/19/2008, -2/+10... sure it's a mess up... but ... she was there for an abortion... she got an abortion...
- coldfire201, on 07/19/2008, -0/+8prison for mixing up patients or working in the abortion clinic?
- GodelEscherBach, on 07/19/2008, -3/+11The headline is wrong and inaccurately implies that a pregnancy was unintentionally terminated. Both patient A and patient B were there for abortions. No pregnancy was terminated that would not have ended up terminated anyways. Why do people comment on articles they do not read?
I realize this happened in the UK, but if you are in the medical profession and work in an overcrowded large county hospital in the US that serves the underprivileged, you can probably list off hundreds of "mistakes" far far worse than this that never gets public attention where no one gets fired. People just don't realize that the incidents that make the news are not just anomalies but actually happen quite frequently and are considered "no big deal" by most people in the profession. Obviously, this needs to change. - Tsuroerusu, on 07/19/2008, -1/+9"Go ahead and bury me for telling the truth. At least I told it."
Yes I will digg you down! Because what you told, was your own view of what you see as the truth, while implying serious inhumanity at the same time. If a woman is raped, she's most likely traumatized for life, yet you still think her having an abortion if she got pregnant is evil. So what you're essentially saying is that a woman who was raped (Which is an atrocious crime and a human rights violation at the same time) should have to endure the pains of having a child, and the pains of giving birth, making her suffer even more. Your sense of justice makes me sick to my stomach.
Oh, and if you feel it's so wrong to kill, ask yourself these simple questions that will highlight potential hypocrisy: Are you in favour of the death penalty? Have you ever been in favour of any wars (Including past ones that took place before you were born) ?
If the answer is "Yes" in either case, go eat a bug. -
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