The pregnant woman has entered the operation room after informing anesthesiologists about her case, and the team is ready to perform cesarean section for her. After the anesthesiologists prepared to anesthetize her, and the obstetricians prepared their surgical tools to cut open her abdomen, an unexpected event occurs; before a single needle touches her the lady starts normal delivery! The anesthesiologist yells What's this, is it a delivery room?!
. The woman gives birth normlly without any complications for herself or her baby.
You might think this story is an exaggeration or a fantasy, but it actually happened in the hospital where I train! This made me wonder... What kind of medicine decided that this woman would have a cesarean section when she was perfectly capable of giving birth naturally? How did the doctor make this decision? That woman was lucky to have given birth naturally before the anesthesia needle touched her, but what about those who weren't so lucky to have the same fate? Why were their abdomens cut open? And was their abdomens cut open for a reason this time or for no reason?
There is no doubt that the medicine that decided that this lady (and many others) to give birth ceseareanly is flawed, defective, or Bad Medicine. Join me, dear reader, on this journey where we explore together the causes of this bad medicine, and who is the culprit that made it, and how could we fix it.
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