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Dunwoody recognizes October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

October 6, 2020 Express Telegraph

The city of Dunwoody last week recognized October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

Cobb recognizes October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

September 25, 2020 Express Telegraph

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners this week recognized October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

Practice what you preach

December 2, 2019 Todd DeFeo

Creating a welcoming environment should be more than a slogan on the company’s webpage or in its employee handbook. It needs to be something that every employee follows.

Ohio considering the addition of fetal-infant mortality review boards

May 2, 2019 Express Telegraph

Ohio lawmakers are considering establishing fetal-infant mortality review boards.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Georgia governor cannot say how Patients First Act will help stem infant loss

March 6, 2019 Todd DeFeo

In a recent op-ed in favor of the Patients First Act, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp highlighted the state’s poor record when it comes to infant mortality.

A day for remembering

October 15, 2018 Todd DeFeo

Today is infant loss and remembrance day. It’s a day that shouldn’t have to exist. But, it does.

The past 11 months

July 16, 2018 Todd DeFeo

The past 11 months have been a lot, but fun is not a word I would use to describe them. As I told the chief medical officer at the hospital, I wouldn’t wish this experience on anyone.

I don’t know what ‘all right’ even means

June 19, 2018 Todd DeFeo

Bob Dylan once sang, “They tell me everything is gonna be all right/ But I don’t know what ‘all right’ even means.” It’s an apropos sentiment, I’ve discovered over the past 10 months. Someone once

Why does an infant have to die?

February 7, 2018 Todd DeFeo

There are few words to describe how it feels to lose an eight-day-old. The experience is many things, but fair is hardly one of them.

Three ideas for improving the patient experience at Georgia hospitals

February 6, 2018 Todd DeFeo

The state of Georgia has an opportunity to take action and work to prevent the needless deaths of infants in the care of Georgia’s hospitals.