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The Department of Health and Human Services revoked the operating license of Femcare, an Asheville abortion clinic, Wednesday after a routine inspection. Inspectors found the clinic “failed to comply with with 23 separate rules” and posed an imminent threat to patient health and safety, said Drexdal Pratt, director of Division of Health Service Regulation.
What's interesting is, according to the article, when the abortion bill was first proposed in the recent session, the original version was said that only this clinic could meet the conditions to stay open. The bill was changed after pressure but the clinic still bragged to be “the only ambulatory surgical facility specializing in medical and surgical abortion in Western North Carolina.”
Failed to maintain anesthesia (nitrous oxide gas) delivery systems in good working condition, with torn masks and tubing held together with tape.This could lead to patients not receiving the intended dosage and risk patients not being fully sedated during surgical procedures, leading to pain and physical harm.
Failed to ensure emergency equipment had weekly checks to ensure the equipment was suitable for use in patient care and failed to ensure that emergency medicine wasn’t expired.
Failed to have a resuscitator available.
Failed to sweep and mop the operating room floor and failed to properly clean operating room beds.
Failed to have a director of nursing responsible and accountable for all nursing services.
Failed to have an agreement/contract with an anesthetist or anesthesiologist.
Failed to have an agreement/contract with a registered pharmacist to assure appropriate methods, procedures and controls for obtaining, dispensing, and administering drugs.
Since the GA leaders and governor are men, does the state even have the right to dictate that women must be afforded clean and safe medical facilities for abortions?
Since the GA leaders and governor are men, does the state even have the right to dictate that women must be afforded clean and safe medical facilities for abortions?
Of course not, because patriarchy or something. Who needs safe abortion clinics anyway? I love how the same people having a conniption over Republicans in the GA setting health standards for abortion clinics didn't bat an eye when the ACA set standards for health clinics, doctors, insurance providers and citizens. I guess government interfering in health care is OK if a Democrat does it.
I can only imagine how many other health clinics, doctor offices, hospitals, etc. that would fair to comply with DHHS standards.
That would be good to know, but I couldn't find any reports on their website. It would be interesting to see the number and type of facilities that have received similar closings and whether or not they were able to reopen.
What's interesting is, according to the article, when the abortion bill was first proposed in the recent session, the original version was said that only this clinic could meet the conditions to stay open. The bill was changed after pressure but the clinic still bragged to be “the only ambulatory surgical facility specializing in medical and surgical abortion in Western North Carolina.”
Failed to maintain anesthesia (nitrous oxide gas) delivery systems in good working condition, with torn masks and tubing held together with tape.This could lead to patients not receiving the intended dosage and risk patients not being fully sedated during surgical procedures, leading to pain and physical harm.
Failed to ensure emergency equipment had weekly checks to ensure the equipment was suitable for use in patient care and failed to ensure that emergency medicine wasn’t expired.
Failed to have a resuscitator available.
Failed to sweep and mop the operating room floor and failed to properly clean operating room beds.
Failed to have a director of nursing responsible and accountable for all nursing services.
Failed to have an agreement/contract with an anesthetist or anesthesiologist.
Failed to have an agreement/contract with a registered pharmacist to assure appropriate methods, procedures and controls for obtaining, dispensing, and administering drugs.
Since the GA leaders and governor are men, does the state even have the right to dictate that women must be afforded clean and safe medical facilities for abortions?
Yes.
Folks whose tax dollars are in any way funding abortions, and/or including the regulation thereof do indeed have a say.
Per Roe v Wade, Section X, each state is empowered to regulate abortion facilities:
"a State may regulate the abortion procedure to the extent that the regulation reasonably relates to the preservation and protection of maternal health. Examples of permissible state regulation in this area are requirements as to the qualifications of the person who is to perform the abortion; as to the licensure of that person; as to the facility in which the procedure is to be performed, that is, whether it must be a hospital or may be a clinic or some other place of less-than-hospital status; as to the licensing of the facility; and the like."
The United States is a representative democracy and constitutional republic where our Federal and State Governments are accountable to the people. Since everyone pays taxes in some form or another, everyone has a say. GA leaders and the governor pay taxes too.
No one has a right to assert otherwise based on gender.
I'm not big on the abortion debate. But is it also possible that findings the Department of Health and Human Services were willing to sweep under the rug in the past, are no longer being tolerated? I would also think that just a half year of a GOP held legislature and governorship isn't enough to "stack" the department yet with appointments.
I'm not big on the abortion debate. But is it also possible that findings the Department of Health and Human Services were willing to sweep under the rug in the past, are no longer being tolerated? I would also think that just a half year of a GOP held legislature and governorship isn't enough to "stack" the department yet with appointments.
I largely agree, but it is curious that this clinic that was repeatedly mentioned and cited as the only NC clinic that could meet the stringent requirements in the new abortion legislation was shut down immediately after the legislation was passed.
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