The Retrievals S02 Episode 3: The Guidelines

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Pain during a cesarean section isn’t a new problem. But for a long time, it’s been a hidden one. In England, a patient named Susanna not only brings the problem to doctors’ attention, but also tries to solve it.

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0:00.0	So I'm going to ask just this room at this moment, how many people in the last month
0:11.7	have had a patient who's had severe interoperative pain?
0:14.6	Previously on the retrievals.
0:17.0	Okay.
0:18.0	So this is not rare.
0:20.0	We have a group of experts in the room who clearly are experiencing
0:24.4	this on a daily basis and we're just beginning to talk about it. I mean, even the side of the logo
0:29.3	made me angry. Walking the hall made me angry and couldn't believe I had to be there and couldn't
0:34.9	believe I was back.
0:38.3	The mental health complications, I have women who are still having suicidal ideations years later.
0:44.3	Their birthdays of their children become nightmares.
0:49.3	The impact is so severe.
0:53.3	From serial productions in the New York Times, this is the Retrofts The impact is so severe.
0:57.4	From serial productions and the New York Times,
1:00.7	this is the Retrievals Season 2, The Seassections.
1:02.5	I'm Susan Burton.
1:09.3	And that's me, actually.
1:11.5	In this episode's opening shot.
1:14.4	Obliq View, you're mostly seeing a blonde ponytail.
1:17.0	I'm turned toward the window on a plane.
1:19.5	The reporter character.
1:23.4	On TV, the reporter character is typically investigating something.
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