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[amadpitman]

What is the name of your state? pennsylvania
Can i sue the hospital for reporting false information to children and youth services that our son tested positive for drugs when a drug screen was never conducted? Thus causing my husband to lose his job because he had to supervise me with our children until investigation was complete, Also we recieved a letter from CYS stating they recieved a report that the baby tested positive, we also recieved confirmation from hospital records department that no drug screen was done. How can i test negative but a baby test positive especially without a test?

 

[amadpitman]

what cad i do?

What is the name of your state? pennsylvania
Can i sue the hospital for reporting false information to children and youth services that our son tested positive for drugs when a drug screen was never conducted? Thus causing my husband to lose his job because he had to supervise me with our children until investigation was complete, Also we recieved a letter from CYS stating they recieved a report that the baby tested positive, we also recieved confirmation from hospital records department that no drug screen was done. How can i test negative but a baby test positive especially without a test?
[/QUOTE]The C.Y.S worker at the hospital told us it might be becouse we are from out of state.

 

[john123456]

Repost
https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthr...279#post1159279

 

[rmet4nzkx]

Posting the same question 8 more times won't change the answer.
Duplicate thread see answer
https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=286806

Medical providers including but not limited to hospitals are mandated reorters, they are required to report when they suspect various forms of abuse, their clinical observations which are not limited to lab tests. Depending on the state, the mandated reporter, has some immunity from prosecution if the report is made in good faith. In order for OP to have any cause of action they must meet an additional burden. There is nothing in OP's post to indicate any fault on the part of the mandated reporter. Just because CYS may have cleared the party due to the lack of a lab report, doesn't mean there were not valid reasons to make the report they were just lucky to get off on a technicality. OP should take it as a wakeup call and take care of what ever is the basis of this event.

 

[rnkellylynn6]

Tox screens are done on baby's first urine and meconium. The nurse would have collected these in the nursery without your consent. If you're looking fo a blood test, there wouldn't be one. Additionally, "hospital records department" doesn't confirm anything. If, by chance, that hard copy is not in the chart, and you gained access to look (which I'm doubting!), the information will still be in the lab's computer.

 

[ellencee]

Tox screens are done on baby's first urine and meconium. The nurse would have collected these in the nursery without your consent. If you're looking fo a blood test, there wouldn't be one. Additionally, "hospital records department" doesn't confirm anything. If, by chance, that hard copy is not in the chart, and you gained access to look (which I'm doubting!), the information will still be in the lab's computer.

When she asked how could the baby test positive while she tested negative, I concluded as you did that this is a newly born infant whose mother used drugs during the pregnancy and right up to the delivery. I want to know why the baby and any other children are still with Mom and Dad. That's where I see a problem with the system!
EC

 

[ablessin]

Hospitals and day care providers are mandated reporters of child abuse.
They must report any suspician of abuse in any form!

Child Protectives will do a complete investigation. You will have little to NO recourse for things that happen during the investigation. This includes your spouse losing his job. Would you have felt better if they removed the kids from the home during the investigation?

Think of all the kids who slip thru the cracks and DIE because no one cared enough to speak up. Your husband's job can be replaced with a new one, a child's life can not.

 

[rnkellylynn6]

The beauty of meconium testing is that, because meconium collects in the intestines of the fetus for several months, it can retain identifiers of drug use of better than a month before birth. That is how mom can test clean, having excreted all of her own evidence. These moms beg to have their babies tested by the simple fact that they don't get prenatal care. This, or that they abrupt and deliver early are some of the reasons for the baby testing.

EC, in our hospital, several counties are served. Each county is responsible for what happens to their respective families. Some counties are good about keeping baby in the hospital, awaiting placement, after mom has been discharged. She will have to jump through many hoops to get back parental rights. Sigh, unfortunately other counties let the child go home in mom's arms even when baby has tested positive (albeit, with followup). Drives us nuts!

 

[amadpitman]

for your info

we have tests from her files all the tests were cean!

 

[rmet4nzkx]

we have tests from her files all the tests were cean!

You have not provided enough facts, or even spelled the word clean correctly. There may be many reasons to report to CYS. If you think you have a case, take it to an attorney, but you have to understand that you have to tell them the truth.

 

[ablessin]

The beauty of meconium testing is that, because meconium collects in the intestines of the fetus for several months, it can retain identifiers of drug use of better than a month before birth. That is how mom can test clean, having excreted all of her own evidence. These moms beg to have their babies tested by the simple fact that they don't get prenatal care. This, or that they abrupt and deliver early are some of the reasons for the baby testing.

EC, in our hospital, several counties are served. Each county is responsible for what happens to their respective families. Some counties are good about keeping baby in the hospital, awaiting placement, after mom has been discharged. She will have to jump through many hoops to get back parental rights. Sigh, unfortunately other counties let the child go home in mom's arms even when baby has tested positive (albeit, with followup). Drives us nuts!

That is very interesting. I am glad I read these, now I have learned something new. I have wondered about some of things I have seen, and this may explain some of the weird cases - that I guess are really not so weird after all!

 

[amadpitman]

You have not provided enough facts, or even spelled the word clean correctly. There may be many reasons to report to CYS. If you think you have a case, take it to an attorney, but you have to understand that you have to tell them the truth.

yea will i,m her hubby and i,m not all that brite i have a 8th gradeEgeJewKshin so what..but i do know people
f**k each other in this world just to make them fill good some people get off
on that....Jmadpitman

 

[amadpitman]

jmadpitman

yea will i,m her hubby and i,m not all that brite i have a 8th gradeEgeJewKshin so what..but i do know people
f**k each other in this world just to make them fill good some people get off
on missing other peoples lifes up so they don't feel so bad about there own life ...Jmadpitman

 

[rmet4nzkx]

Then why are you and your wife playing with us here? You have no cause of aciton because the hospital performed their mandated duty.