Mother or Child: Who's to die?

New Zealand
January 20, 2007 11:57pm CST
A doctor friend was telling me about a difficult choice that she had to make while doing volunteer work in Africa. Would you choose to save the mother or the baby when childbirth gets complicated? Why?
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manong05
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
In the natural order of things, we should save the mother. It was just an unfortunate pregnancy, better luck next time.
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coffeechat
@coffeechat (1961)
• New Zealand
23 Jan 07
Manong - are you Visayan or Ilocano? The question was, who will you save?
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manong05
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
sorry I thought the answer was clear, that I will save the mother.
coffeechat
@coffeechat (1961)
• New Zealand
23 Jan 07
sorry about that. thanks :)
judyt00
@judyt00 (3496)
• Canada
21 Jan 07
i would sve the mother, for although her heart will be broken, she can have other children a child in a place like Africa has no chance. without a mother to feed it itwill die and then two lives would be lost when one could have been saved.
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coffeechat
@coffeechat (1961)
• New Zealand
21 Jan 07
Judyt00 - this is a well reasoned response. It is very true that in most countries in Africa the situation is quite bleak. I have been to many countries in the continent and the conditions are appaling for the the general population. However, we have also seen so many wealthy families. And boy -o-boy are they wealthy.
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