Posted on 09/10/2022 3:26:21 PM PDT by DFG
Conservative analyst and author Candace Owens claims staff at a Tennessee hospital attempted to hold her and her newborn daughter hostage after she gave birth earlier this summer - telling her she was not allowed to leave until they drew blood from the hours-old, perfectly healthy child.
Speaking exclusively with DailyMail.com, the 32-year-old slammed staff at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, while recounting the '24 hours of torture' she says she suffered after giving birth to her second child Louise on July 13.
The mother-of-two, who launches the new DailyWire+ podcast, Candace, on Monday, said the alleged mistreatment started after she declined antibiotics and contraction-inducing drugs while going into labor. She added that it culminated in staffers threatening to call child services on the right-wing commentator.
Owens - who married British Oxford grad George Farmer in 2019 - further accused staffers of engaging in a concerted effort to empty her wallet, by keeping her for over 48 hours so her stay was not covered by insurance.
When she refused, Owens says that a hospital pediatrician approached her and her husband as they tried to leave, callously telling the couple 'that she watched a baby die in the 47th hour because her parents refused to stay.'
The pair ignored the staffer, Owens says - despite the workers' false assertions that her insurance would likely not cover the visit if she went against medical advice and left.
When Owens responded that she didn't care, a social worker employed by the hospital asked the couple to sign a document that said they were aware that The Department of Children's Services (DCS) could pay them a visit for leaving against doctor's orders, according to Owens.
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Remind me again, if a baby goes home before a completed (legally required) blood test; and the baby developed any health issues whatsoever- who do you supposed would be held legally liable? Yup, the Pediatrician; for the next 17 years and 364 days
This is precisely why we had our last two of twelve at our old Kentucky home.
I don’t have any trusted person within 3 times zones of me. So I just can’t get any necessary medical treatments anymore since I don’t have someone to babysit me in the taxi cab on the way home? Great. That is nice.
Cancer will never find a cure. There is way too much money in treating cancer. My wife’s cancer treatment runs in excess of $40,000 per month.
Thank you for the info. How common is this? Never heard of it.
I don’t have the numbers, but it’s not all that uncommon actually, which is why all women are screened prior to giving birth.
Do you attend a church where you could meet people? it might take a few months but putting it off for a few months is better than skipping it altogether.
Actually, the 24 hour test was explain at a prenatal class we received for parents coming to the hospital. In 1990 and 1993.
In 2019 I attended the same class with my daughter when her husband was deployed. They talked about all of the state tests.
She probably didn’t attended those “required” sessions. She probably didn’t read the information provided.
She sounds like she is the first woman to have a baby.
I am actually disappointed in her, as these tests are used to prescreen for very dangerous developmental issues at a point where intervention can help.
But she is a celebrity. So, she knows better.
I’m so very sorry.
It was a law in NH and MA.
I imagine in some parts of TN they have bigger fish to fry.
Where did you get that from?
I’m on her side.
Some do and those are the ones you want on your team as long as possible. I’m looking for another pcp as I moved recently. So far it is not going well. The last one pushed me hard on the vaccine. Gave me grief when I provided some information... politely. I just looked at her and thought “she knows who I work for (government entity) and what I do and she’s telling me I don’t have good information?”. Sigh. God complex in some cases.
They are messing with the wrong woman.
She KNOWS her rights.
And FRoctors wonder why we have such a low opinion of the medical community.
I am a big advocate for patient centered health care. That means the patient must participate
Claiming that she saw her child be weighed is highly doubtful to me.
Complaining because nurses take and record vital signs tells me she doesn’t understand what a hospital is
All of these things were probably discussed with her OB. Candace likes playing the victim
SA. God does not believe he is a doctor.
Nice. Well done👍
You’re right! I’m going to kick my own a**.
Nowhere I have practiced.
Thank you kindly. We doing good considering.
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