The question is—and no I have not read the article—is: Did the nurse know the guy was the father of the child?
If she did KNOW he was the father then the course of action on the hospital’s part was likely inappropriate. I say “likely” as the father and mother may be estranged and the father was attempting to remove the baby without the mother’s permission.
If she did NOT know Kennedy was the father, her attempting to stop and verify was clearly the right thing to do.
In any case, the nurse needed to verify what was happening and who was involved before the baby left the ward.
In any case, Kennedy reacted stupidly and with arrogance.
I trust you'd have been "Mr. Complicity" in such a circumstance. And that's where their power derives from.
Stupidly and with arrogance?
No, he reacted criminally. Thanks to flunkies and apologists, it comes out as stupidly and with arrogance.
Camelot? Try boozalot.