Jill Clements was 37 and living in downtown Wichita when she found herself unexpectedly pregnant for the second time in her life. Her first abortion, three years earlier in 2010, had been a disaster: Alone and broke, Clements had driven 250 miles through a blizzard to get to a Planned Parenthood. Not wanting to relive…
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On a typical day Heather Bartos, M.D., sees about 30 patients; in an average month she delivers 20 to 25 babies. An ob-gyn practicing about 45 minutes outside Dallas and chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Denton, she also spends a day a week in surgery and another tackling administrative…
Read moreWhen you visit your ob-gyn, there are a few things you can always count on: You’ll talk about your vagina and she’s going ask what the first date of your last period was. The period question makes sense if you’re going to the doctor because you’re pregnant or you’ve been having irregular periods, but it…
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Fort MacMurray has gained a new OB/GYN, a sorely needed addition in the local medical community. This is the second OB/GYN specialist that has been recruited to the area this year by Alberta Health Services. Earlier this year it was announced that Dr. Nnabuike Ngene would open a maternity and women care practice in Fort…
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The Fort MacMurray medical community has been under a lot of pressure lately because of a shortage of qualified OB/GYNs, but hopefully that will change with the addition of a new physician who specializes in OB/GYN services. Ever since Dr. Keet Peng Wong passed away in June of last year there have not been enough…
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