Health director suspended after shocking image of indigenous woman giving birth on a clinic LAWN when nurses denied her treatment went viral
- Pregnant Irma Lopez, 29, and her husband - both ethnic Mazatec - walked October 2 to clinic in Oaxaca, but were turned away by nurses
- Photo of grimacing Lopez kneeling on patch of grass outside clinic with her newborn son still attached by umbilical cord set off firestorm online
- Clinic director Dr Adrian Cruz was suspended pending state and federal investigations
- Nurses at health clinic blamed 'misunderstanding' on language barrier and being short-staffed
- Mayor of town where clinic is located said in July another woman gave birth on the lawn
- Nearly one in five women in the state of Oaxaca gave birth outside hospital in 2011
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