A
recording of the 911 call
was obtained by
Operation Rescue. Operation Rescue uses eyewitness reports and freedom of information
requests to document medical emergencies caused by abortion clinics across
America.
Based on the recording, it was unclear whether the uterus or cervix was
perforated. The employee described the injury as a "suspected false passage"
and requested emergency transport to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
There is a hospital directly across the street from HCW, but the business
frequently requests transport to Barnes. According to Operation Rescue, Barnes
is "highly specialized in trauma care," which might make it more equipped to
handle life-threatening injuries caused by HCW.
Perforation can lead to life-threatening hemorrhage or infection.
“This dangerous facility has been on our radar for a long time,” said
Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “But ever since George
Tiller’s sycophant, Julie Burkhart, purchased it last March, the
recklessness has increased and life-threatening emergency transports have
doubled.
“Sadly, we have already learned about another emergency transport since this
frightening botch and have initiated our investigative procedure. Operation
Rescue has also filed a formal complaint with the Illinois Department of
Public Health Office of Health Care Regulation for the steadily increasing,
frightening medical emergencies at this hopeless facility – including a
uterine perforation of a 13-year-old girl.
“We are working to close this dangerous facility before any more women are
gravely injured – or, even worse, killed.”
