'The Retrievals' Shows How Women's Pain Was Ignored at a Yale Fertility Clinic

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 2, 2023

Many women who experienced an egg retrieval at the Yale Fertility Clinic reported excruciating pain, as if they had not been given any pain medication at all. Nurses and doctors insisted that all was fine, but it later was revealed that a nurse at the clinic had been replacing fentanyl with saline solution. Reporter and host Susan Burton joins us to discuss her podcast on the subject, The Retrievals, from The New York Times and Serial Productions.

 *This segment is hosted by Brigid Bergin.

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