An indigenous woman from Mexico delivering a baby on a patch of grass outside a medical center

Irma Lopez, 29, said she was denied admission into the clinic in San Felipe Jalapa de Diaz by a nurse who said she was only 8 months pregnant and 'not ready' to deliver - even though the woman was reportedly fully dilated. Irma and her husband, who are both ethnic Mazatecs and do not speak Spanish, could not understand much of what the staffer were telling them beyond the word 'no,' so they went outside. Addressing the controversy later, the nurses blamed the incident on the language barrier and claimed that they did not have enough staff on hand..