Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Fired Nurse Sues Baptist Hospital Over Breast Pumping Issue (WREG-TV Memphis)

Memphis - Angela Smith adores her one year old son Dylan. But in May 2004, after returning to her nursing job at Baptist Hospital Collierville after having Dylan, she was in for a shock.

She inquired about using her fifteen minute work breaks to go into a designated area and use a breast pump to provide his milk. "They told me there would be no problem. They had people that have pumped before. They allowed me to use a pump from the hospital and allowed me to pump in Labor and Delivery in a private room." says Smith.

From May to January, she says everything was fine. Angela Smith says she was never told she had done anything wrong or that there was a problem with her using her break to take care of her motherly duties. But last January her supervisors called her in and told her she would be suspended.



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