First loss of a baby, then loss of legal rights.

09/14/2023

Navy chaplain Mercedes Petitfrere has accused Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune of substandard medical care that she believes cost her son’s life and resulted in his stillbirth. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post)
Navy chaplain Mercedes Petitfrere has accused Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune of substandard medical care that she believes cost her son’s life and resulted in his stillbirth. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post)

First loss of a baby, then loss of legal rights.

After enduring a stillbirth, a Navy chaplain discovers she can’t sue a military hospital for medical malpractice.

Article: Washington Post, Ian Shapira, September 14, 2023