- and what treatment known to man could possibly prevent a first trimester abortion? At the hospital where I work, we don't usually admit spontaneous abortions when they call us, but tell them to stay at home and come next morning during office hours. That way they can at least have the privacy of their own home, and the abortion will often be complete when the women come in the next day; an ultrasound to rule out the odd extrauterine pregnancy, and they're off again.

From the article, it seems that the medical resources were limited. If so, it must be correct to allocate what resources you do have to patients where the reseources can make a difference; early pregnancy miscarriage is not one of them as there is no cure or treatment.

I agree with both posters. I doubt there was anything the hospital could have done to prevent an early spontaneous abortion. Most of the time they don't really even require medical attention, let alone hospitalization. But, I do think they dropped the ball on not being able to at least get her behind some sort of curtain, lying down with some privacy. Even though they are a relative non-event physiologically speaking, a spontaneous abortion can be extremely traumatic from an emotional standpoint, especially if the women doesn't really understand what is going on.

Why is it inexcusable...ingrates like yourselves SHOULD be treated like animals. I don't see anything wrong with what happened here...

I tell you what. Any medical professional who thinks this kind of treatment is A-OK, needs to be working in some third world country. I'm starting to think the medical profession of today is dragging this ocuntry to the gutters. Notice I said medical professionals not the general public.

You guys should be ashamsed and hang up your medical bags before you kill someone.