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A state court ruled that the Main (sic)Department of Health and Human Services should not have made an end-of-life decision for a baby boy in foster care without a court hearing to air the parents' objections: The state child welfare agency put the baby in a foster home and obtained a ``do-not-resuscitate" order based on the opinions of doctors, who said the boy would not recover. The parents objected, saying the order effectively revoked their parental rightsThe state's highest court ruled unanimously in the case of a brain-injured infant allegedly shaken by his father in Bangor.
Yes, it is similar to what happened to Haleigh Poutre except that the court actually ruled in favor of the parents. Note that in this sad case, the father will face manslaughter charges if his son dies.
State Court: Parents should be heard
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ST. PETERSBURG---Some of the employees of the inmate division of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office belong behind the bars instead of in front of them.
A co-worker of Michael Schiavo at the Pinellas County Jail who also hails from Pennsylvania was charged Monday with two counts of trafficking in controlled substances, hydrocodone, and two counts of doctor shopping as part of an investigation into a clinic where doctors allegedly practiced medicine without a license and illegally prescribed painkillers.
Pinellas Jailer Charged With Drug Trafficking, Doctor Shopping
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Doctors should be more mindful that recovery/non-recovery is not 100% predictable. Infants and small children have better chances to overcome brain injuries than mature people.