Safe deliveries no guarantee for Tennessee moms-to-be
Mother Selden Sarinoglu fed newborn son, Hall Aydin Sarinoglu, in May 2022. Hall was born more than a month premature. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A new report examines alarming trends in Tennessee’s recent maternal death rates. And deems that more than 3 out of 4 of those deaths were preventable.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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