Anonymous ID: a3e56c April 5, 2024, 10:25 a.m. No.20682876   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3181 >>3289 >>3321

Mass General Brigham changing infant neglect report policy

 

Hospitals within the Mass General Brigham system will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant, in most cases

 

The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients.

 

The hospital will no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth.

 

Instead, hospitals will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant, in most cases.

 

Mass General Brigham said the move is to address the "racial and ethnic inequities" present in healthcare, adding that substance abuse disorder in the context of pregnancy more "disproportionately affects Black individuals."

 

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mass-general-brigham-changing-infant-neglect-report/3327237/

 

>it is now racess to protect babies from drug addict mothers?

Anonymous ID: a3e56c April 5, 2024, 10:36 a.m. No.20682934   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3184

Earthquake felt by 42 million people, USGS estimates. Map shows where it was strongest

 

People more than 200 miles from the epicenter reported feeling the earthquake. It appears to have shaken areas as far south as the D.C. area and as far north as the New York-Canada border. The shaking last several seconds starting at 10:23 a.m.

 

https://www.wnct.com/news/national/earthquake-felt-by-42-million-people-usgs-estimates-map-shows-where-it-was-strongest/