Sawnet: Las Vegas review journal on OBSTETRICIAN'S theory on Indian
and Black babies
OBSTETRICIAN'S CONTROVERSIAL ETHNIC THEORIES ON CHILD
BIRTH
Dr. Emile Papapiernik a prominent French obstetrician
is making headlines for saying fetuses of African
origin women reach tern one week before the generally
expected standard for women of Caucasian origin.
He said understanding racial distinctions can help
doctors save the lives of new born delivered
dangerously past their due date. He said this can cut
prenatal deaths, fetal distress during delivery and
the neo natal damage associated with post term births.
He also said this information can help to reduce the
number of hundreds of babies who survive often with
life long handicaps and developmental delays that
require long term care.
Getting out his simple message has been difficult due
to the fact that some think that it is inherently
racist. It would be necessary to observe that as a
French of Jewish decent he narrowly escaped the
clutches of the German Nazi round up of Jews. His
father died in a concentration camp. He says he
understands the racial implications of his theories
but political correctness in science is detrimental to
newborn.
His theories have been put in effect in French
dependency of Martinique where a large population is
of African and Indian origin. The Dr. Danielle St.
Rose the head of the Redoute Maternity Clinic at the
For de France Teaching hospital says by employing Dr.
Emile's methods they have cut prenatal deathly half
I.e. from 8 deaths per 1000 to 4 deaths per 1000. He
said if a patient is black then they let her go into
labor at 36 weeks if she is ready, if the patient is
Caucasian then we drugs until the 37th week or longer
to delay labor.
Clinics in Singapore applying Dr. Emils findings also
say that they have cut pre natal deaths of Indian
babies by recognizing that Indians babies mature one
week prior to Chinese babies.