So I read that as "Doctor Who" and thought that sounded a rather violent episode. Anyway before you Google the first doctor, a word of advice: don't. It is as bad as it sounds and actually probably worse, too. I'll summarize in a reply so people can skip that if they want
Basically it says the doctor failed to provide pain relief to a woman giving birth, and insisted on going ahead with a natural birth rather than a cesarian, despite several complications and (from the sounds of it) the mother's own protests.
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The baby was in breech position. The doctor told the mother to push while the doctor herself pulled on the infant. Skipping some of the gory mechanics, the end result was the baby's head becoming stuck. It ended in the head becoming decapitated and trapped inside the mother's womb.
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The doctors were forced to perform a cesarean after the horrifying incident to remove the head from inside the mother's body. They temporarily reattached the head to the body so the mother would be able to hold it while saying goodbye.
Additional research says that the mom had gotten up to go to the bathroom and noticed the umbilical chord was hanging out of her body. She started panicking to get doctors and nurses involved. The doctor in question was insisting she push even though she was only dilated 3 centimeters and "did not feel like she needed to push." It sounds like there was a lot of panic involved.
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In the end she was not aware what had happened to her baby. She thought she had given birth when the doctors told her to push again. Shortly afterwards they put her to sleep. It wasn't until she woke up later that they told her she'd have to undergo a cesarean
As for the second story:
Dr David Mackereth has worked for 26 years as an NHS doctor but was told he could not be employed as a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disability assessor if he refused to identify patients as being of a sex that they did not see themselves as.
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The 55-year-old father of four believes sex is genetic and biological, so established at birth.
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He now claims his right to freedom of speech has been denied and he has been classed “unfit” to work for the department because of his religious convictions.
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And, the medic from Dudley in the West Midlands fears many other professional people of faith could also be dismissed simply for holding opinions about gender that are “centuries old”.
Dr Mackereth, who registered as a doctor in 1989 and spent most of his career working in Accident & Emergency wards, said: “I’m not attacking the transgender movement. But, I’m defending my right to freedom of speech, and freedom of belief.
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“I don’t believe I should be compelled to use a specific pronoun. I am not setting out to upset anyone. But, if upsetting someone can lead to doctors being sacked then, as a society we have to examine where we are going.”
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Dr Mackereth, a Reformed Baptist, started a training course in May to become a health and disability assessor for the DWP. His role would have meant interviewing and then writing independent reports about the health of those claiming disability benefits.
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However, when his instructor stated that reports must only refer to the patient - or “client” - by the sex that person identified themselves as, a discussion took place among the medics about the “fluid” nature of gender, Dr Mackereth claims.
However, when his instructor stated that reports must only refer to the patient - or “client” - by the sex that person identified themselves as, a discussion took place among the medics about the “fluid” nature of gender, Dr Mackereth claims.
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“I said that I had a problem with this. I believe that gender is defined by biology and genetics. And that as a Christian the Bible teaches us that God made humans male or female. I could have kept my mouth shut. But, it was the right time to raise it.
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“The tutor took me aside and said he had passed my comments up the chain to the DWP.”
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Dr Mackereth then received an email from Advanced Personnel Management (APM), the agency that employed him and would have hired him out to the DWP.
They explained he could undergo training about the department’s policy, but the DWP had consulted lawyers and was adamant that any report or contact with clients should refer to them in their chosen sex otherwise it “could be considered to be harassment as defined by the 2010 Equality Act”.
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The doctor replied that “in good conscience” he could not conform to those demands, and so the contract was terminated between them.
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He said: “Firstly, we are not allowed to say what we believe. Secondly, as my case shows, we are not allowed to think what we believe. Finally, we are not allowed to defend what we believe."
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There's more, but you get the gist
See, I misunderstood and thought they fired him for saying, when a child was born, what gender it was. This is a bit different. I'm not saying I agree on either side, there's just a little more debate here. Personally, if someone dresses like a girl and wants to be called a girl, I'll call you a girl, but if you have a penis and you're in a medical situation, don't expect someone to call your penis a vagina. But yeah, in a consult or something, just be polite and understanding
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The baby was in breech position. The doctor told the mother to push while the doctor herself pulled on the infant. Skipping some of the gory mechanics, the end result was the baby's head becoming stuck. It ended in the head becoming decapitated and trapped inside the mother's womb.
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The doctors were forced to perform a cesarean after the horrifying incident to remove the head from inside the mother's body. They temporarily reattached the head to the body so the mother would be able to hold it while saying goodbye.
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In the end she was not aware what had happened to her baby. She thought she had given birth when the doctors told her to push again. Shortly afterwards they put her to sleep. It wasn't until she woke up later that they told her she'd have to undergo a cesarean
Dr David Mackereth has worked for 26 years as an NHS doctor but was told he could not be employed as a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disability assessor if he refused to identify patients as being of a sex that they did not see themselves as.
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The 55-year-old father of four believes sex is genetic and biological, so established at birth.
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He now claims his right to freedom of speech has been denied and he has been classed “unfit” to work for the department because of his religious convictions.
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And, the medic from Dudley in the West Midlands fears many other professional people of faith could also be dismissed simply for holding opinions about gender that are “centuries old”.
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“I don’t believe I should be compelled to use a specific pronoun. I am not setting out to upset anyone. But, if upsetting someone can lead to doctors being sacked then, as a society we have to examine where we are going.”
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Dr Mackereth, a Reformed Baptist, started a training course in May to become a health and disability assessor for the DWP. His role would have meant interviewing and then writing independent reports about the health of those claiming disability benefits.
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However, when his instructor stated that reports must only refer to the patient - or “client” - by the sex that person identified themselves as, a discussion took place among the medics about the “fluid” nature of gender, Dr Mackereth claims.
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“I said that I had a problem with this. I believe that gender is defined by biology and genetics. And that as a Christian the Bible teaches us that God made humans male or female. I could have kept my mouth shut. But, it was the right time to raise it.
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“The tutor took me aside and said he had passed my comments up the chain to the DWP.”
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Dr Mackereth then received an email from Advanced Personnel Management (APM), the agency that employed him and would have hired him out to the DWP.
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The doctor replied that “in good conscience” he could not conform to those demands, and so the contract was terminated between them.
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He said: “Firstly, we are not allowed to say what we believe. Secondly, as my case shows, we are not allowed to think what we believe. Finally, we are not allowed to defend what we believe."
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There's more, but you get the gist