A Risky Decision: When Baby Gwen was born, her parents decided not to have her receive a vitamin K injection, though it’s been standard practice for decades, and gave her drops instead.
Desperate Efforts: The emergency room doctor who first treated Gwen tried seven methods to stop the bleeding from her belly button before the baby was transferred to a hospital.
Questions of Treatment: The family filed a complaint against the ER doctor with the Texas Medical Board, which alleged she didn’t recognize that Gwen had vitamin K deficiency bleeding...
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-texas-lonestar-emergency-room-nicole-malouf
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