In short, many hospitals and doctors are seriously abusing the
privilege afforded them to curb child abuse and are rather choosing to
willfully use it as a mechanism to protect themselves against
financial loss and professional discipline. The privilege thus has
become the tool of abuse. A crime many health care workers believe
they are immune from any criminal prosecution because of the privilege
they have been afforded by the system - a privilege designed to
protect children, not victimize them.
Many families are being falsely accused of child abuse in order that
hospitals may gain custody, discredit parents, and maintain total
control over children they have harmed through malpractice events.
Sometimes the motivation is simply to keep a bed occupied, as many
states reimburse costs for a child's medical care. The abuse in some
cases amounts to kidnapping and murder for profit, because in some
cases the objective is to assume custody and deny a transfer long
enough to let the child die. A transfer to a new facility would expose
the hospital and medical staff to the errors they committed - thus
exposing them to possible civil and criminal litigation.
An im****tant case is being tried in the Illnois Circuit Court of Cook
County.
For more details visit: http://www.brokenearth.org/legalfund
