You were fortunate
My son was born at Tripler Army hospital in Hawaii and they damn near killed both of us with incomptence
Thank God an Air Force osteopath just happened to be called in that morning
He told me weeks later on a follow up visit ( to check my lungs for the pneumonia thay failed to catch) that mine was the most profound case of preeclampsia he had ever saved
I do believe my son suffered life long effects of the experience
Subtle but ultimately deadly
Terceira Island is 19 miles by 12 miles, a lot smaller than Oahu, with patients there from the whole Pacific Rim. It is sad to think that your personal experience could be what single-payer socialized medicine would plague us with.