EXCLUSIVE: Candace Owens, 32, says Tennessee hospital threatened to call CHILD SERVICES and stopped her from leaving until her newborn underwent 'unnecessary' blood test - as she accuses 'hospital mafia' of inflating her insurance bill

UK Daily Mail ^ | 09/10/2022 | Alex Hammer

[DFG]

Conservative analyst and author Candace Owens claims staff at a Tennessee hospital attempted to hold her and her newborn daughter hostage after she gave birth earlier this summer - telling her she was not allowed to leave until they drew blood from the hours-old, perfectly healthy child.

Speaking exclusively with DailyMail.com, the 32-year-old slammed staff at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, while recounting the '24 hours of torture' she says she suffered after giving birth to her second child Louise on July 13.

The mother-of-two, who launches the new DailyWire+ podcast, Candace, on Monday, said the alleged mistreatment started after she declined antibiotics and contraction-inducing drugs while going into labor. She added that it culminated in staffers threatening to call child services on the right-wing commentator.

Owens - who married British Oxford grad George Farmer in 2019 - further accused staffers of engaging in a concerted effort to empty her wallet, by keeping her for over 48 hours so her stay was not covered by insurance.

When she refused, Owens says that a hospital pediatrician approached her and her husband as they tried to leave, callously telling the couple 'that she watched a baby die in the 47th hour because her parents refused to stay.'

The pair ignored the staffer, Owens says - despite the workers' false assertions that her insurance would likely not cover the visit if she went against medical advice and left.

When Owens responded that she didn't care, a social worker employed by the hospital asked the couple to sign a document that said they were aware that The Department of Children's Services (DCS) could pay them a visit for leaving against doctor's orders, according to Owens.

[pierrem15]

Went through similar bull after a colonoscopy.

Wife was supposed to meet me but something came up. They said I couldn't leave without someone to escort me. I told them they had no arrest powers. The charge nurse then said I had to sign a release and that the insurance would not pay if I did. So I just looked at her and said, "Then I'm not signing it," and walked out the door.

[avenir]

Hear, Hear!

[kaila]

It is an issue with people who cannot obtain a ride home, and will be greater as Boomers age . However, if you got into an accident , any victim of your accident would sue the facility for releasing you to drive.
Although they cannot hold you, and insurance is still going to pay, you drove home under the influence. A DUI if a cop stopped you.

[broken_clock]

What? It’s a nice pic.

[Tired of Taxes]

The Department of Children's Services (DCS) could pay them a visit for leaving against doctor's orders

This is nothing new. Now Candace knows what other parents have experienced.

Hospitals have even threatened pregnant women with CPS for refusing C-sections.

[Clemenza]

Attention whore and grifter.

[pierrem15]

Right, but that's a liability issue for the hospital, not a medical issue. They're free to lobby to get the laws changed like everyone else.

"A DUI if a cop stopped you."

I was not groggy or in any way affected as far as I could tell when I left. I've been out on the sidewalk in my city at 2:00AM when the bars close watching drivers weave down the streets. I would rate the probability of getting a DUI as only slightly higher than winning the lottery.

The only DUIs I've ever heard about come after the crash.

[StAnDeliver]

Video opportunities abound, no doubt she and her husband own phones capable of filming movie-quality video, and yet -- no video of any of this happening.

Meanwhile, "Candy - The Plodcast" needs fugly fuel to attract the nimrods.

This is a result of everyone in the plodding Plodcast industry having been electrocuted (if only) by the Duchess of Sucexcess (also sporting a cuckwhite husband) most recent hen club plodcast shooting to the top and surpassing Rogan.

In other words, this is #Ratcheteering, left or right, makes no difference, this is all about the demonic plague descended upon our national known as social media.

[knarf]

Today is September 10, and

In a few hours, something will happen that will initiate a whole SLUE of mind and life altering emotions.

NEVER realizing that it is the forerunner of major events TO America in Satan's bid to destroy God's latest development, The United States of America.

The aforementioned medical account is a tributary of another and connected event against America and that was the utilization of the "fear factor" initiated September 11, 2001 and built upon by the invented flu pandemic of 2019/20

Candace, of all people, understands a lot of the psychology involved with the destruction of America and is a righteous activist to reject behavior modification.

In a few hours, America, and indeed every American soul . . . . will experience a life changing event . . .

We never saw it coming, and never anticipated we'd be where we are now.

[humblegunner]

In a few hours, America, and indeed every American soul . . . . will experience a life changing event . . .

Oh my.

And what might that be exactly?

[MayflowerMadam]

If moving to TN, why would she go to Nashville which is going left quickly. Eastern TN is still pretty free.

[SuperLuminal]

The tenacity of our benevolent communist rulers for imposing more & more tyranny is unmatched by those seeking (supposedly) to protect our Constitutional freedoms & liberties...

Stinking communist bastards continue to run roughshod over the servile & indolent Aamerican sheeple...

There are no limits to tyranny...
There is no end in sight!

[neverevergiveup]

What is missing in your assessment is that most medical systems today are run by marginally intelligent ‘business’ people. The bottom line is the bottom line for them, and they wouldn’t recognize quality medical care if it bit them in the a**.

They come up with inane ‘quality metrics’ that mean nothing - and as long as lip service is paid to these metrics they puff their chests out and actually believe that they are the arbiters of excellent medical care. It’s beyond pathetic, but these are the people you should be addressing your complaints to.

[MayflowerMadam]

“if you don’t want to follow the laws the state sets…move to another state.”

Ladies in our church in TN have had babies and come home well before 24 hours. If it truly is a state law, some hospitals aren’t following it.

[stanne]

We don’t know the story from this article

My bet is that Candace Owens and her highly educated husband had spoken with the doctors they hired to assist them and they weighed out risk v benefit.

[9YearLurker]

Probably to work in the Daily Wire’s studio in Nashville.

[stanne]

“As if there are no God Loving God Fearing Conservatives among medical professionals.”

That’s the problem. One must have financial freedom, own one’s home, vehicle and have savings for ease of living according to that.

[9YearLurker]

Most Americans still believe the 9/11 cover story, however obviously it defies the laws of physics.

[stanne]

That was my guess

[MayflowerMadam]

Interesting theory. There could be a lot to that.