very tragic
my guess is they ( ER staff and LE) thought she was a drug seeking addict putting on a show to get more narcotics and since this was an ectopic pregnancy she wasn’t obviously pregnant. Drug addicts pull this sort of thing in ER’s frequently.
shame on the ER staff that has become so jaded in their profession that they assume the worst about the patients they see before thoroughly assessing what was really going on
Years ago I was on some medication for an irregular heartbeat. I had run out of medicine and then landed in ER on a Holiday night. I told them who my Dr. was (he was on their Board) and what happened. I answered no to the questioning about illegal cocaine or drug use. They didn’t ask me if I c/h/b/ pregnant. I had no insurance and was shocked by the bill; they charged me for drug test and pregnancy test. They said they can’t believe anything any patient tells them. I said fine, I’m not paying for it because I’m not a criminal. I finally threatened to take it to the Board and the news station before they dropped it.