I started to post this article, but it's pretty graffic and most of it was about the wonderful care you receive at Parkland when you have a baby there. The point I wanted to make was about how great we treat the illegal immigrats and what we are giving them. Therefore, I selected peices from this article to share. However, you may read the entire article.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...y.8539095.html

Parkland is the County Hospital funded by county property taxes. It is home to the premeir regional burn unit and has the second-busiest maternity unit in America.
Ms. Oviedo probably would have died at another hospital – but not at Parkland.

"The whole system is poised to take care of a patient like this," said Dr. Remedios, who was covered in blood by the end of Ms. Oviedo's successful surgery.

It was a particularly hectic April day at Parkland, with 57 babies born, a third more than normal. Women were in labor in the hallways, doctors and nurses were too busy to break for lunch or dinner, and, suddenly, Ms. Oviedo's emergency cropped up.

Still, it wasn't too much to handle at Dallas County's public hospital, where delivering healthy babies has become a primary focus and a source of deep pride.

Last year, Parkland's doctors and nurse-midwives delivered 15,590 babies – a diaper-wearing contingent that was double the population of Highland Park.

Babies arrive at Parkland at an average rate of 42 infants per day. Feeding this birthing frenzy: the growing number of Hispanic immigrants using the hospital.

More than 80 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland last year had Hispanic surnames. The hospital does not focus on whether these women are legal residents of the U.S. Federal law requires hospitals to care for any woman who shows up in labor.

"We are the safety net hospital for Dallas County, and these folks are residents of our county," said Dr. Ron Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Parkland.

The hospital spent almost $71 million to deliver the babies born there in 2004, with Dallas County taxpayers covering about 40 percent of the cost and federal and state funds making up the difference – and then some. The maternity program ended the year with a surplus of almost $8 million.
This article also includes all the pre-and post natal care given to the mothers and babies. The buck doesn't stop or start at the delivery room.

Monday: A recent survey of patients indicated that 70 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal immigrants. These women weren't drawing much attention until the recent debate over immigration.