The Project’s Kate Langbroek lashes out at ‘cruel’ hospitals for treatment of new mothers: ‘It’s not fair or respectful’
Kate Langbroek has launched a scathing attack on hospitals, calling them “cruel” for the way they treat new mothers.
The Project star made the comments during Tuesday night’s episode following a segment on complaints of clinical incompetence and allegations of human rights abuse at a New South Wales regional hospital.
Two women appeared on the show to describe how they were ‘traumatised’ after giving birth, with one woman nearly dying from a complication.
“I thought, ‘I have to hug him and my husband will be a great father without me. It will be okay if I die,'” said one of the women on the show.
After the women told their stories, Langbroek condemned how new mothers are treated at the hospital, describing it as “heartbreaking and devastating.”
Kate Langbroek has launched a scathing attack on hospitals, calling them “cruel” for the way they treat new mothers. In the photo
The Project star made the comments during Tuesday night’s episode following a segment on complaints of clinical incompetence and allegations of human rights abuse at a New South Wales regional hospital.
“We think we’re so much smarter than nature,” the mother-of-four told co-hosts Sam Taunton, Sarah Harris and Aly Waleed.
“There is so much cruelty involved in the way women are treated when they have babies now, like being kicked out of the hospital before their milk arrives and sent off on their own,” she continued.
“It’s just that it’s not right, it’s not respectful to what we do and to the 7 billion people who have been raised by our work.”
“We think we’re so much smarter than nature,” the mother-of-four told co-hosts Sam Taunton, Sarah Harris and Aly Waleed. “There is so much cruelty involved in the way women are treated when they have babies now, like being kicked out of the hospital before their milk arrives and sent out on their own,” she continued. Pictured with Sarah Harris
In 2021, more than 30 women filed complaints of clinical incompetence and human rights abuses at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
An investigation was launched at the hospital after advocacy group Maternity Consumer Network (MCN) filed a complaint with the Health Care Complaint Commission (HCCC).
Complaints included reports that sheets were not changed quickly enough after birth, lack of assistance with feeding and other care, and denial of pain relief.
“It’s just not right, it’s not respectful to what we do and to the 7 billion people who have been raised by our work,” Kate said.
