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| Boston hospitals no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth. |
| 2024-04-04 |
| [Boston 10] 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." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Disproportionate drug use by certain protected classes of the demokrat political base cannot be reported negatively, so either it is somehow excused as systemic racism, or, in this case, simply ignored. Protecting innocent newborns is less important than avoiding criticism of pregnant black women using recreational drugs in total disregard for the lives of the children they carry. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-04-04 13:33 |
| #2 So is this a continuance of not reporting Measles or TB to the CDC? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-04-04 10:55 |
| #1 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." Would you care to expand upon that please ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-04-04 08:18 |