Mary Fitzgerald

Mary Fitzgerald is Editor in Chief of openDemocracy.

The preventable trauma of Covid-19 childbirth

“The baby is dead. We can’t assist you here.” By the time she heard these devastating words, the pregnant Yasmelis Casanova had endured a long and painful journey, passing through multiple Covid-19 checkpoints, to the hospital in Caracas, Venezuela. She bled for hours without treatment.

4y ago
August 22, 2020
August 22, 2020

The preventable trauma of Covid-19 childbirth

“The baby is dead. We can’t assist you here.” By the time she heard these devastating words, the pregnant Yasmelis Casanova had endured a long and painful journey, passing through multiple Covid-19 checkpoints, to the hospital in Caracas, Venezuela. She bled for hours without treatment.