Fla. Kills Kids Too?
Hat Tip: Real Choice
Was Florida Killing off kids, before moving onto adults?
Moesha or Mo-Mo as she calls herself was 2 years old Jan.11, 2001. This is the day she was admitted to Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boytin Beach, then transferred to Delray Medical Center's trauma unit the next day. She was unconscious with a swollen brain, bruised liver, broken bones and black-and-green welts. Some breaks and bruises were old — having been detected, though unexplained, during a monthlong stay at Miami Children's Hospital that had ended just weeks prior, with doctors and nurses pleading that DCF not release Moesha to her uninterested mother. The near-fatal injuries, investigators believe, had been caused by Moesha being held by her feet and shaken, possibly by her mother's boyfriend, though no one's been charged.
DCF asked for a DNR. Were they covering up their mistakes? It seems so.
Investigators wrote that Moesha's mother, Guerland Pierre-Louis, "appears as if she did not care about the child," rarely visiting the hospital or calling to check on her.
Investigators noted in a home study that there was no crib or anything else to indicate that a baby lived at Pierre-Louis' Lake Worth house.
Investigators also noted that Pierre-Louis could not explain Moesha's broken collarbone.
Investigators were told by the family of the patient in the adjacent hospital bed that Pierre-Louis spanked Moesha during her rare visits. Nurses told investigators that Moesha would cry whenever Pierre-Louis was around.
On the day Moesha was scheduled to go home, Pierre-Louis did not show up because she was, instead, trying to help her boyfriend get out of jail. Yet DCF let the girl leave with Pierre-Louis
-While arguements ensued over jurisdiction between Miami-Dade office or the Palm Beach County office Nobody checked on Moe.
Thats when she ended in Bethesda. Thats also when DCF asked for a DNR.
The girl DCF gave up on four years ago has been spending recent days in her wheelchair in Palm Beach County Courtroom 11B, as lawyers for DCF try to convince a jury that the agency should not have to pay for her continued medical care. Often referred to in DCF records as the "V/C," for "victim child," Moesha has been renamed Marissa Amora.
DCF's missteps were so obvious and horrific that a grand jury recommended the firing of nine DCF workers.
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Was Florida Killing off kids, before moving onto adults?
Moesha or Mo-Mo as she calls herself was 2 years old Jan.11, 2001. This is the day she was admitted to Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boytin Beach, then transferred to Delray Medical Center's trauma unit the next day. She was unconscious with a swollen brain, bruised liver, broken bones and black-and-green welts. Some breaks and bruises were old — having been detected, though unexplained, during a monthlong stay at Miami Children's Hospital that had ended just weeks prior, with doctors and nurses pleading that DCF not release Moesha to her uninterested mother. The near-fatal injuries, investigators believe, had been caused by Moesha being held by her feet and shaken, possibly by her mother's boyfriend, though no one's been charged.
DCF asked for a DNR. Were they covering up their mistakes? It seems so.
Investigators wrote that Moesha's mother, Guerland Pierre-Louis, "appears as if she did not care about the child," rarely visiting the hospital or calling to check on her.
Investigators noted in a home study that there was no crib or anything else to indicate that a baby lived at Pierre-Louis' Lake Worth house.
Investigators also noted that Pierre-Louis could not explain Moesha's broken collarbone.
Investigators were told by the family of the patient in the adjacent hospital bed that Pierre-Louis spanked Moesha during her rare visits. Nurses told investigators that Moesha would cry whenever Pierre-Louis was around.
On the day Moesha was scheduled to go home, Pierre-Louis did not show up because she was, instead, trying to help her boyfriend get out of jail. Yet DCF let the girl leave with Pierre-Louis
-While arguements ensued over jurisdiction between Miami-Dade office or the Palm Beach County office Nobody checked on Moe.
Thats when she ended in Bethesda. Thats also when DCF asked for a DNR.
The girl DCF gave up on four years ago has been spending recent days in her wheelchair in Palm Beach County Courtroom 11B, as lawyers for DCF try to convince a jury that the agency should not have to pay for her continued medical care. Often referred to in DCF records as the "V/C," for "victim child," Moesha has been renamed Marissa Amora.
DCF's missteps were so obvious and horrific that a grand jury recommended the firing of nine DCF workers.
READ IT
posted by KC at 2:39 PM
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