Mexican woman gives birth on clinic LAWN after treatment denied

• 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