Posted on 02/24/2012 8:11:38 PM PST by Hunton Peck
Women do have a tendency to become hysterical around Kennedy men. You might end up drowned, raped or murdered in cold blood. I’ll stick with the nurses on this one.
Unusual? Sounds like he was drunk. That is a kennedy norm, not unusual.
I wonder how many are supporting this simply because he's a Kennedy?
Would you allow a nurse to tell you that you couldn't take your child out for a walk while accompanied by a doctor?
I think most of us assume, since he IS a kennedy, that he was drunk. Would you let a drunk walk out of the hospital with a newborn infant? And presumably drive off? Legally, the baby belongs to the mother who gave birth, she was still in the hospital and not going anywhere. They were not checking out.
And why was an ER doc on the maternity floor have any sway over anyone? Was he even an ER doc at that hospital?
Please, this whole story reeks of booze.
And of course the reporter can’t seem to find the words ...
Update, Tioga: Kennedy’s been arrested. So much for those nasty nurses!
I meant to say on child endangerment charges.
I DID read the whole story. I see that Kennedy has been arrested as he should have been. I stand by my previous comment regarding his actions 100%.
To call me "hysterical" because I posted an opinion, and to call the alert nurses "hysterical" because they were doing their medical duty as they saw it at the moment says a lot more about you than it does about us. If male nurses were involved, would you refer to them as "hysterical", also?
Leni
Update? The whole article is based on his arrest.
The whole kennedy clan has issues.......rape, DUI, DWI, murder....hell, they are a danger to all of us.
That is not the issue: the issue was the hospital’s assertion of rights superior to those of the parents over the child. The story reflects the increasingly totalitarian nature of our society.
And it is as simple as that! If charges are to be filed, how about attempted kidnapping by the nurse that was trying to grab the baby?
Yes, I know. I made a mistake.
A nurse can’t someone mentally incompetant, on the fly, for someone who is not even a patient. Show me where the law allows that.
One more good reason to have children at home, not at the place for sick people.
I really wish people would read my posts more carefully so I don't have to do a remedial lesson. FYI the law not only allows but requires medical practitioners to report all potential as well as actual cases of child abuse, and that goes for nurses. And they will do it at the drop of a pin. It covers their flanks legally and is virtually 100% riskfree for them.
As for finding mental incompetence, they don't have to FIND it, they need only report that they suspect it or consider it possible, and the victim is treated accordingly, being arrested, confined, restricted, manhandled, cuffed and/or hauled into court as the case may be. The benefit of the doubt goes to the medical practitioner/hospital/accuser who is presumed to be erring, if at all, on the side of caution.
Does that clear it up for you any?
ps: Again, not defending a Kennedy, particularly one who kicked a nurse who was almost certainly following reasonable procedures. (A non-Kennedy would have been in court the next morning, all scuffed and lacerated by hospital security.)
Douglas was an infant when his father was assassinated. His younger sister, Rory, was born after her father was killed.
Lol. I should clarify. Doc is not opposed to immunizations altogether. She is opposed to giving them when a baby is barely out of the womb.
Not joking. As for the misplaced order, our pediatrician took care of it within minutes. The nurses took at least five more hours to finish the paperwork. They were very fortunate that hubby did not show up until I told him they were done. There would have been a scene. As it was, I think we had the second shift nurse take over. She was very apologetic. You have no idea how unorganized this department was. I’ve written about our bad experiences. We have had wonderful nurses at other hospitals. We have 10 children. We have seen a lot of good and bad over the years.
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