The League of Women Voters of Berks County Presents: Maternal Mortality Rates… Why So High on BCTV on Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 8-9 p.m. The show can be watched live or streamed on www.bctv.org.
Guests include:
- PA Senator Judy Schwank. Senator Schwank represents the 11th Senatorial District, which includes the City of Reading and a substantial portion of Berks County. She is currently the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus Administrator, a member of the PASSHE Board of Governors, and a co-founder and co-chair of the Pennsylvania Women’s Health Caucus.
- Dr. Mark B. Woodland, MS, MD, FACOG. Dr. Woodland chairs the PA State Medical Board. He is Chair and Clinical Professor OB/GYN, Reading Hospital/Tower Health. He is also Associate Dean, Policy and Advocacy, Drexel University College of Medicine, where he has been on the faculty for more than 20 years.
- Dr. Chelsea Marks, DO. Dr. Marks was recently promoted to the position of Director of Maternal Child Health at Berks Community Health Center (BCHC). She completed medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA., completed her residency at Memorial Hospital in York, PA, and is Board Certified. Before joining BCHC, Marks practiced at WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital.
The U.S. death rate for pregnant and postpartum women is more than twice as high as in European nations.
Learn:
- What the data tell us.
- Problems and solutions with collecting data.
- Programs that will help.
- What local hospitals are doing to lower the numbers.
This BCTV program is available via:
Comcast Reading Channel 15 | Comcast-Southern Berks Channel 965 | Service Electric Channel 19
BCTV broadcasts the LWVBC program on the second Tuesday of the month. BCTV repeats that broadcast on the following Friday at 2 p.m.; the following Monday at 11 a.m.; and the following Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Both channels are streaming online 24-7 at www.bctv.org. YouTube Channel (for on-demand viewing): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjuI03soTP4EUm_7lawBYq81L4Sjr2sgp.
