In Amber’s case, as is unfortunately the case for many women of color, her condition was allegedly ignored by doctors at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx.
“Can’t wait to write a tell-all about my experience during my last two trimesters dealing with incompetent doctors and lack of efficient care toward minority women,” Amber Rose Isaac posted on social media on April 17th.Amber, a high school classmate of mine, died in childbirth from complications related to HELLP Syndrome. HELLP Syndrome is a pregnancy complication which affects the blood and liver. It tends to arise in the last trimester of pregnancy.
“Women of color, statistically, tend to have worse outcomes with virtually any condition, including pregnancy,” Goldman says. Her son, Elias, was due on May 30 but was delivered via emergency C-section while Amber’s platelet levels continued to drop. She and her family only learned about HELLP Syndrome that day.
To hear him tell it, Elias was not ready to be born and was over a month premature. After the procedure, Amber’s heart stopped. Doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive her for two hours. “Routine visit frequency is being lessened in order to diminish points of contact between health care providers and patients in order to mitigate the risks to both,” Goldman says.
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