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Dozens of women came to a Yale clinic for fertility treatment. All of them experienced unexpected and severe pain during a procedure called egg retrieval. They said their pain was not taken seriously by their health care providers or that they were not believed. As a result, they found their own explanations for their pain. They often blamed themselves.
In the months that followed, it was discovered that a nurse at the clinic had stolen the fentanyl used in patient treatments and replaced it with saline. Now the patients who were in pain had an explanation for it – and many questions for the institution that made it happen.
behind the series
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About the music
Carla Pallone is a composer based in France. After classical training as a violinist, she performed in the bands Mansfield.TYA and VACΛRME. Today she composes music for cinema and theater and has written music for films such as “La Fille au Bracelet” and “Libre Garance!”. and Midnight Skin.
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credits
Reported, produced and moderated by Suzanne Burton
Produced and edited by Laura Starecheski
Editor-in-Chief, Serial Productions Julie Snyder
Supervising producer, serial productions Ndeye Thioubou
Musical support and sound design by Phoebe Wang
Original score by Carla Pallone
music mix from Thomas Poli at Impersonal Freedom
Research and fact checking Ben Phelan and Caitlin Love
Standards Editor Susan Wessling
Legal review by Dana Green
Art Direction by Pablo Delcan
Additional editing by Katie Mingle and Ira Glass
Additional production of Michelle Navarro
Deputy Editor in Chief Sam Dolnick
help produce through Jeffrey Miranda, Kelly Doe, Renan Borelli, Desiree Ibekwe, and Anisha Muni
Special thanks to Erik Tanner, Pierre Cattoni, Lee Riffaterre, Katie Fuchs, Jordan Cohen, Victoria Kim, Jason Fujikuni, Kimmy Tsai, Ashka Gami, Nina Lassam, Jon McNally, Krystal Plomatos and Sam Posner.