Mom Blames Hospital ER For CPS Investigation

Mom Blames Hospital ER For CPS Investigation
Mom: Daughter Received No Care In 4-Hour ER Wait

POSTED: 7:00 am EDT October 16, 2007
UPDATED: 7:15 am EDT October 16, 2007

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14348765/detail.html

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis mother blames Methodist Hospital for
prompting a Child Protective Services investigation after her
15-year-old daughter was hurt on the soccer field last week.

Marilyn Brown told 6News' Tanya Spencer that she thought she was get the
best care for her daughter, Margrette Lowe, 15, by taking her to the
emergency room after she was injured at a soccer game.

Instead, Brown said her daughter got no care, sat in pain for hours and
that her case was referred to CPS for possible abuse and neglect.

Lowe has a mark on her eye from the soccer collision. Brown said the
athletic trainer didn't think it was too bad, but that she decided to
take the girl to Methodist's ER just in case.

Brown said she and her daughter were treated rudely from the start, and
that she was told the wait would be about two hours.

Brown and Lowe said they waited for more than four hours, with no one
able to tell them how much longer it would be before they could be seen.

"Margrette said, 'Mommy, I just want to go home. I'm tired. I'm cold,'"
Brown said. "She was still in her soccer uniform."

"At that point, I'm saying to myself, 'She's not receiving care at all.'
I know there's a limited amount of time, a window that she can get
stitches done, and ... now her eye is swelling. The bleeding has
stopped. It's kind of sealed itself," Brown said.

Brown said she decided to take her exhausted daughter home and see her
own doctor in the morning, but she couldn't believe what happened next.

"She says, 'If you take her out of here, I'm calling Child Protective
Services on you," Brown said. "I'm getting ready to just absolutely
break down in tears. I'm being accused of abusing my child."

Hospital officials told 6News that the ER was very busy the night Brown
and Lowe were there, and that the more serious cases always move ahead
of less serious ones.

Hospital officials also said that anyone who suspects abuse is required
by law to report it.

"Now, I have to defend my actions, defend my lifestyle," Brown said.

A week after the incident, Brown's case is still open and a caseworker
wants a home visit. Brown said the whole ordeal is embarrassing and
humiliating.

Brown said she thinks hospitals need to give patients realistic wait
times so they can consider other treatment options before wasting a lot
of time.

A hospital representative told 6News proper protocol was followed in
Brown's case.

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CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.


CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...


BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...