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Hospital director suspended after woman refused treatment gives birth on health centre’s lawn

Birth on Lawn: Woman has baby outside hospital after being refused treatment

The director of a Mexican clinic has been suspended after it was revealed that a pregnant woman who was denied maternity care in the latter stages of her labour had to give birth on the lawn outside.

Shocking images were circulated around the world this week showing Irma Lopez’s harrowing ordeal after being rejected from hospital because nurses felt she was not dilated enough.

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