From Serial: ‘The Retrievals’

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🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full of expectation and hope. Then a surgical procedure called egg retrieval caused them excruciating pain. Some of the patients screamed out in the procedure room. Others called the clinic from home to report pain in the hours that followed. But most of the staff members who fielded the patients’ reports did not know the real reason for the pain — a nurse at the clinic was stealing fentanyl and replacing it with saline. Today, we’re sharing the first episode of “The Retrievals,” a five-part narrative series from Serial Productions and The New York Times, reported by Susan Burton, a veteran staff member at “This American Life” and author of the memoir “Empty.”

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Sabrina.
0:03.8	Today as we take a break for the holiday, we're going to do something a little different.
0:07.8	We're going to share the first episode of a new show from our colleagues over its serial
0:12.3	productions.
0:13.3	It's hosted by reporter Susan Burton.
0:16.8	The series tells the story of something shocking at a Yale fertility clinic.
0:21.4	Without saying too much, I can tell you it's a story about healthcare, about women,
0:26.1	and about the vulnerabilities of patients.
0:28.7	It's also about trust, addiction, accountability, and really whose stories get believed.
0:36.7	It's remarkable in harrowing and complicated.
0:41.2	Also heads up to sensitive listeners, parts of the show are graphic, but it's definitely
0:46.2	worth a listen.
0:48.2	Here's Susan Burton with the first episode of the new series, The Retrievals.
0:55.6	The women are seeking fertility treatment for a variety of reasons.
0:59.7	They've had a couple miscarriages and they're pushing 40.
1:02.8	They don't have fallopian tubes or they need sperm.
1:06.2	One woman has a diagnosis that's like a metaphor from feminist sci-fi, a uterus with a single
1:11.4	horn like a unicorn.
1:13.9	All of them wind up at the fertility clinic at Yale University.
1:18.6	A couple of the women choose this clinic because they work at Yale, and that's what the
1:21.9	Yale HealthPan covers.
1:24.0	Just go to Yale and the recommendation of their doctors.
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