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EXCLUSIVE: Candace Owens, 32, says Tennessee hospital threatened to call CHILD SERVICES and stopped her from leaving until her newborn underwent 'unnecessary' blood test - as she accuses 'hospital mafia' of inflating her insurance bill
UK Daily Mail ^ | 09/10/2022 | Alex Hammer

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: candace; candaceowens; farmer; humbledoucher; nashville; newborn; owens; seekhelphumbletard; sthomashospital; tennessee
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To: Gene Eric

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


141 posted on 09/10/2022 6:08:58 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Gene Eric

This is precisely why we had our last two of twelve at our old Kentucky home.


142 posted on 09/10/2022 6:08:59 PM PDT by Theophilus (It's fake and defective)
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To: Freee-dame

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.


143 posted on 09/10/2022 6:10:12 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: Gene Eric

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.


144 posted on 09/10/2022 6:12:57 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to kep USA viable.s)
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To: longfellowsmuse

Thank you for the info. How common is this? Never heard of it.


145 posted on 09/10/2022 6:14:51 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: alstewartfan

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.


146 posted on 09/10/2022 6:41:38 PM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

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.


147 posted on 09/10/2022 6:45:27 PM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: ChessExpert

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.


148 posted on 09/10/2022 6:45:55 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: entropy12

I’m so very sorry.


149 posted on 09/10/2022 6:46:07 PM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: MayflowerMadam

It was a law in NH and MA.

I imagine in some parts of TN they have bigger fish to fry.


150 posted on 09/10/2022 6:47:03 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Where did you get that from?


151 posted on 09/10/2022 6:47:31 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: DFG

I’m on her side.


152 posted on 09/10/2022 6:56:17 PM PDT by CathyWhite (Texas Proud)
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To: ladyjane

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.


153 posted on 09/10/2022 7:08:08 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: DFG; Jane Long; Roman_War_Criminal; null and void

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.


154 posted on 09/10/2022 7:42:29 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: sit-rep

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


155 posted on 09/10/2022 8:02:56 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: DFG
The default basis for any story about how medical personnel act is: Q. What is the difference between God and a doctor?

SA. God does not believe he is a doctor.

156 posted on 09/10/2022 8:03:07 PM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Mom MD

Nice. Well done👍


157 posted on 09/10/2022 8:14:25 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: OKSooner

You’re right! I’m going to kick my own a**.


158 posted on 09/10/2022 8:14:25 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Vermont Lt

Nowhere I have practiced.


159 posted on 09/10/2022 8:56:27 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: longfellowsmuse

Thank you kindly. We doing good considering.


160 posted on 09/10/2022 9:10:01 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to kep USA viable.s)
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