Georgia dismissed all members of maternal mortality committee after ProPublica obtained internal details of two deaths
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Georgia dismissed all members of maternal mortality committee after ProPublica obtained internal details of two deaths

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. “Confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals,” Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, wrote in a letter dated Nov. 8 and addressed to members of the committee. The letter said officials might change “other procedures for on-boarding committee members better ensuring confidentiality, committee oversight and MMRC organizational structure.” Maternal mortality review committees exist in every state. “The fact that she felt that she had to make these decisions, that she didn’t have adequate choices here in Georgia, we felt that definitely influenced her case,” one committee member told ProPublica in September. The state’s maternal mortality review committee found that her death was preventable and said a delay in care had a “large” impact.

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Georgia won’t say who’s now serving on its maternal mortality committee after dismissing all members last year
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Georgia won’t say who’s now serving on its maternal mortality committee after dismissing all members last year

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. Georgia recently relaunched its maternal mortality review committee after dismissing all 32 of its members last year. The dismissals were in response to ProPublica obtaining internal reports in which the committee detailed the “preventable” deaths of two women who were unable to obtain legal abortions or timely care after Georgia banned abortion. However, …

Georgia dismissed all members of maternal mortality committee after ProPublica obtained internal details of two deaths
4 months ago

Georgia dismissed all members of maternal mortality committee after ProPublica obtained internal details of two deaths

CNN  

This story was originally published by ProPublica. “Confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals,” Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, wrote in a letter dated Nov. 8 and addressed to members of the committee. The letter said officials might change “other procedures for on-boarding committee members better …

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