NORMAL HAPPY PARENTS DO NOT HARM THEIR CHILDREN! See good report by another victim on Shaken Baby Syndrom!

The young couple below is now in jail for suspected abuse of their beloved baby. They are innocent. Please contact Carole Scott, their advocate or their lawyer Chris Frazier to find out how you can help and call your newspaper and ask why they are not reporting this scandal and others like it!

A Desperate Mother's Plea

This e-mail was received on February 27th, 2004. I have spoken to the mother several times and find the case an example of possible civil rights violation by the healthcare providers to cover-up their own malpractice and negligence. The mother is a young, warm, intelligent college student. The situation, she is in represents a major flaw in the system. It appears to indicate totalitarian control by medical professionals and either racial profiling or corruption by DFACS.

COMMON SENSE; A baby with no outward signs of abuse [bruises, scratches, crying from pain] cannot have suffered any physical abuse.

Furthermore, the issue of severe reactions of children to vaccinations must be recognized as a possible source of internal bleeding - especially in cases of premature or sickly infants.

"a nightmare has unfolded right before my eyes" - Timothy's mother

On September 16, 2003 my obstetrician Dr. Michelle Houston decided that it was time to induce my labor due to my severe Pre-eclamsia Toxemia. Dr. Houston told Timothy and me that if she did not induce labor my son and I would both die during the birth. [fn1] I was in labor all the day of the 16th, and nothing was helping me. My blood pressure had risen so high that it was thought I was going to have a seizure or a stroke.

Finally on September 17, 2003 at 9:00 AM Dr. Houston walked in and said " Charmaine we are going to have to do a C-Section because I am worried about you and your son's life. "No sooner than that was said I became unrespondent.

By increasing Magnesium Sulfate intravenously I began responding again. The epidural was put in my spine and they rushed me to the Surgery room, and my C-section was started. In the middle of the C-Section the dosage of Valium had to be increased, because I felt the pain. After I was comfortable again they continued with the C-section.

Finally Timothy Isiah-Blair Jenkins was born 4 lbs 15 oz at 10:47 AM on September 17, 2003. Everyone was rushing in the room telling me how cute he was. Timothy (the father) was excited. I still had not seen my son. Finally at 2:30 PM they brought Timothy Isiah to me. This was the best day of my life. I prayed and asked God to give me the strength to raise him according to his will. After my delivery I could barely walk. Timothy Isiah had to stay in an Isollete, because he could not maintain his temperature.

Timothy Isiah and I were released from the hospital on the 21st of September 2003. I could not care for myself, get to the bathroom on my own, or dress myself, the very first day we brought Timothy Isiah home. Timothy (the father) had me and the baby to take care of. My grandmother arrived the very next day and assisted with the care of Timothy Isiah, and I was able to rest and breasted my baby comfortably. [fn2] My grandmother started to do what all grandmothers do. Helping me with my new baby, showing me different things that only your grandmother would know.

A week later when I thought I was doing well. I took a shower and started to dry off, I noticed I was bleeding. I called for help, my grandmother and Timothy came in the room, noted the situation and called 911. Due to the loosing of blood I was admitted overnight for observation in the short stay unit at Northside Hospital. On discharge I was informed to see my Obstetrician on October 2, 2003. Dr. Houston stated due to my emergency C-section I have formed an infection with a hole 9 centimeters deep. I was admitted to the hospital for treatment of saline irrigation and gauze packing. Timothy Isiah was admitted with me due to the fact of his newborn state and I was breast feeding. [fn3] Upon release after a three day admission I was released. A home healthcare nurse was sent to my apartment daily to continue the saline irrigation and packing treatment. This continued until the affected area in my abdomen healed.

November 18, 2003 Timothy Isiah was scheduled to get his immunizations. They were postponed because his pediatrician Dr. Gabriella Drake-Forte noticed my son had a right Inguinal Hernia. He was taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital and surgery was set for the 22 of November. Timothy Isiah was found to have bilateral Inguinal Hernias during surgery. Surgery was successful.

During the month of November Timothy Isiah was referred to Dr. Patel, a Gastrointerologist, due to his inability to retain his breast feeding supplement. Timothy's diagnosis was acid reflux, and he was seen twice a month by Dr. Patel in November and December. On December 8, 2003, Timothy Isiah received his first immunizations and Dr. Gabriella Drake-Forte said he was doing well.

During the second week of December my son started to have a dry cough. I told this to Dr. Gabriella Drake-Forte and she said to suction his nose because sometimes babies have things caught on the back of their throat. The cough did not get better. On December 28, 2003 Timothy Isiah was rushed to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite ER by ambulance for a very high fever. [fn4]

After arriving at the hospital Timothy Isiah was seen by three different doctors, all three doctors felt the top of his head. Upon questioning the doctors about what was wrong with his head all three doctors told me his soft spot felt full and fontanel. The doctors checked Timothy Isiah but did not do a x-ray or scan of his head. He was treated with Tylenol and hydrated then sent home.

December 29, 2003 again he developed a very high fever and rushed back to ER by ambulance. Where doctor's examined him for flu, performed a spinal tap for meningitis and also checked for RSV with negative results. He was treated with antibiotics and admitted overnight. The admitting physician Dr. Kenny instructed me to follow with his pediatrician Dr. Forte. I was with Timothy Isiah during each examination, treatment and admissions. [fn5]

I took him to Dr. Forte and informed her of the ER visits Dr. Forte said she was not going to measure his head until his 4 month checkup (Timothy Isiah was 3 months old). Dr. Forte said since he was not holding his head up yet Timothy Isiah was needing to go to Physical Therapy for his developmental delay. Also at that time she (Dr. Forte) told me "I feel so sorry for you as a new mom, because you have such a sick baby.

January 16, 2004 was the first visit to the Physical Therapist. The second was January 21, 2004. Jenny Martin the physical therapist undressed him down to his diaper. Jenny, Timothy Isiah and I would work on his motor skills and practice lifting up his head. The therapist then put him on his tummy to practice him lifting his head. On January 23, 2004 he had his 4 month checkup and Dr. Forte said he was doing really well after voicing my concern in regards to his head Dr. Forte had her nurse measure his head. Dr. Forte stated there was something wrong with his head, because there was a significant increase in size from the last well baby checkup. [fn6]

She then gave me a referral to a Pediatric Neurosurgeon. On January 26, 2004 upon meeting the Neurosurgeon Dr. Kevin Stevenson, Timothy (my son's father) and I were told that he (Dr. Stevenson) could see Timothy Isiah had Hydrocephalus. He explained what it was and gave us a book on it along with the names of some support groups. He said it was nothing, I could have prevented because a lot of children are born with the disease. I began to cry because my son had already gone through so much. I know, he was tired of going to the hospital, and having staff poke him with needles. I also asked Dr. Stevenson, the Pediatric Neurosurgeon, why the hospital had not done a CT-scan when Timothy Isiah was hospitalized on December 28, 2003. He informed me he did not work for the hospital, and he apologized the condition had not been detected earlier but he wanted to fix it right away.

After the CT-scan was done Dr. Stevenson stated I want to show you something he then proceeded to show us the CT-scan results and informed us there was no Hydrocephalus. Timothy Isiah had "old blood mixed with fluid on his brain." Dr. Stevenson said it looked like it has been there for a while and surgery was needed right away to prevent brain damage. Timothy Isiah was admitted to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta immediately. [fn7]

As soon as Timothy Isiah, his father and I were in the room a Social Worker entered the room and started asking questions. I answered all questions to the best of my ability. I was then informed by her they were going to do a skeletal survey of Timothy Isiah, and a optimology report to check for retinal hemorrhaging. These tests were done the next day. The optimology report showed there was no bleeding behind the eyes.

I waited in the hallway and in the room waiting and asking to speak to doctor's no one ever came and talked to me the entire day. Finally I called a patient representative (Nora) and explained to her how I felt my rights as a parent were being violated (according to HIPPA). Nora promised a doctor would come in and talk to me. No doctor ever came.

At 4:00 PM a man in a leather jacket with no identification showing came into the hospital room with a notepad. He introduced himself as Gary Davis, Special Investigations with Fulton County DFACS. He began to interrogate me as to where I live, my social security number, Timothy Isiah's father and all things in regards to our lives. He then asked "what do you know about multiple fractures to your son's body!" [fn9]

I then asked him who, my son because, I was in shock because my son had been seen by various physicians during every month of his life and they all assured me up until the present time that he was fine. Mr. Davis finished his questions and left the room. I asked the nurses why a doctor had not come and talked to me about my son. She informed me they did not have the results back yet. [fn8/9]

The entire day went by and no doctor came and talked to me. On January 28, 2004 he was taken to have surgery to have a shunt put in his head. Timothy Isiah's father and I were approached in an elevator on the way to the cafeteria by a social worker named Monica who said, we have to talk to you both right now. We agreed. A lady with no visible identification in a coat came in and had a CD in her hand. She did not identify herself. She walked us over to a computer and put the CD in.

She pointed with the mouse and said, "these are the fractures that your son has. When we began to ask her for a further explanation, she immediately removed the CD. We then went to the administration room of the hospital. Mr. Davis, Monica (the social worker), and a security guard were present, also with the lady, who showed us the x-rays.

Mr. Davis addressed the lady with the x-rays as Dr. Degrandi and asked "could these injuries have happened from a fall?" Dr. Degrandi stated "no." (Dr. Degrandi is a Medical Director of Advocates for children for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta).

Dr. Degrandi stated (he was slammed to have sustained these types of injuries). My son has beautiful skin with no bruises. He has shown no signs of pain. He has been seen by various doctors and not one of them has mentioned or suspected any of this type of trauma.

Mr. Davis again asked "how did your son get these fractures?" [fn9] I told him I did not understand, because he has no bruises, I do not have an x-ray machine to show me these things. All a mother can go by is the Pediatrician's report and the ER doctors report.

I thought something was wrong with him in December but the doctors at the hospital kept telling me he was OK. I feel the hospital should have done a CT-scan on his head at that time. My son's father Timothy told them what happened to his other son. When his other son was 4 months old he died, because the hospital misdiagnosed his son saying it was abuse. By the time they found out it was the hospitals fault the baby had already died because they were so busy pointing the finger. The county found that it was the hospital responsible for the child's death. He passed in January of 1993, at the age four months. It has been thought that it was possibly something genetic.

Mr. Davis took that information that Timothy shared with him and completely twisted it around. Mr. Davis turned the information around and said to the doctors at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta that my son's father was convicted for the murder of his son in the past, and that Child Protective Services in New Jersey took his son. His son was never taken from him. The hospital was found negligent. Timothy (my son's father) voluntarily told everyone this information. DFACS did not just go and find this out. DFACS took my four month old son. [fn10]

My paternal grandmother is a social worker with a master's degree working in a metropolitan hospital clinic for young mother's and children and sent me information on premature children that have had reactions to Pertussis vaccination. Glory be to God my son is still alive and smiling. I have only seen my son twice in 18 days. He will not nurse from a bottle because he has been exclusively breast fed and I worry that he is not getting adequate nutrition.

At the Deprivation hearing none of the accusers, that alleged my son was physically abused, even showed up. [It is understandable that they would not like to say anything under oath under the circumstances of this case.] I contacted Dr. Harold E. Buttram, M.D., F.A.A.E.M. Diplomat, American Board of Environmental Medicine http//www.woodmed.com. in Quakertown PA and familiarized him with Timothy Isiah's condition. Judge Sanford Jones ordered that Timothy Isiah be evaluated by the doctor (Dr. Harold E. Buttram) that wrote the letter to the court about his condition. We raised money for Dr. Buttram's airfare. He had planned to be in Atlanta February 21, 2004 to examine and evaluate Timothy Isiah's condition. [fn11]

On regaining my health after the birth, I returned to Georgia State University to finish my last year. I am a Political Science major with a concentration in Pre-Law. I have already finished 3 years of college at Morris Brown. I have maintained a 3.0 average. I have been a good mother to my son and his father has been working long hours to pay all the bills of our home. He has gotten a good job so I can finish school and help take care of our son financially.

In the beginning the hospital would not give me any of my sons medical records. [fn12] Only by subpoena did the hospital release the medical records to me. Finally the hospital decided to release them to me for a high price. They also would not give me the x-rays on the CD. I had to call the manager Carl Saylors of Radiology to get the film. I have been charged over $600.00 for all of the records. When I got the medical records I read every single page. Dr. Kevin Stevenson the same Pediatric Neurosurgeon that said my son did not have Hydrocephalus, wrote on the records at the top of each one of them it said DIAGNOSIS: HYDROCEPHALUS.

At every single appointment the doctors kept saying he's doing real good. My son has not shown us, or his doctor's any sign of discomfort. He just smiles and laughs everyday.

It just seems like a nightmare has unfolded right before my eyes. Not too long ago I was reading my baby his bedtime story and singing to him his favorite songs. Now he is gone from his family that really loves him. Please help us get Timothy Isiah home. I have prayed and so many people that have gone through this same thing have contacted me from all over the USA. I went through a lot to get my son here and I will not give him up. He does not deserve to be with a family that doesn't know him. I am trying my best to get all the help I can.

In December my son was misdiagnosed. When they were walking in and feeling the top of his head when it was full and fontanel the doctors should have done a CT-scan at that time. The Hydrocephalus in my sons head has caused a developmental delay. I have all the medical records and there have been so many discrepancies.

How do I know these X-rays are true? They hid them from me for so long. All this time my son has had Hydrocephalus and no one did anything about it. When allegations of child abuse were raised they wanted to do every kind of test. They are not caring for my son's total care. [Indeed they do not care about her son or the family. They are only caring about eliminating the evidence of their negligence. That the doctors involved can so stoop to such measures, indicates that the Hippocratic oath [DO NO HARM] means nothing today]

DFACS is trying to look like a hero in a situation they don't even know everything about. The finger is being pointed. We have given DFACS everyone's number that knows us. We have a neighbor upstairs that is home and she did not even know we had a baby on the floor below her. I gave her name and number to DFACS along with other character references. They have not called any of the numbers, or they have not tried to contact any of the family members for temporary placement. [There appears to be a great problem with DFACS. Even if the tale of physical abuse would be credible, there is other family available and DFACS appears to be the lackey of the hospital.]

I have only seen my son twice since January 28, 2004. I miss him, and me being a mother going through such a traumatic pregnancy should not have to be separated from her son because of the misdiagnosing of negligent doctors.

My rights were violated at the hospital from day one. When Timothy Isiah was still in my custody they still did not give me the results of any of the tests they took of my son and then when they took him out of my custody the hospital explained that I could not receive any information on him. When I looked on the medical records it says that DFACS took him into custody on January 27, 2004. The day Mr. Davis said, "Ms. Smith we are going to have to take your son into our care was January 28, 2004.

There are so many inconsistencies but not on the parents behalf. The judge ordered on January 30, 2004 that I have supervised visitations. When I received my first visitation Mr. Davis messed up the visitation while my mother and my son's father were present. He constantly talked to us about the case. I had not seen my son in 7 days and he wanted to talk about the case. At the next hearing where DFACS was to prove Deprivation the doctors did not even show up. Our witnesses were there to speak on our behalf. The judge then ordered that Timothy Isiah be evaluated by a doctor for his condition. He also stated that I am to see my son once a week supervised.

Me being a mother going through so much to get him here safely because of my severe pre-eclamsia will not give up on getting him back. There are already too many children in Foster care and there is not enough room for anymore. My son has a loving family. This is my mother's first grandchild, my first child, and he was taken because the system is one-sided [[totally corrupt, would be a better word]].

For three and a half years I have been in school studying to be an attorney. Never in a million years did I think I would be going through this whole mess. My son's life and health are very important. The hospital is continuing to misdiagnose. What if something happens to my Timmy while he is in the care of someone else? Who will explain this to his family? How can he be discharged from the hospital when the judge delayed the Deprivation hearing so he can properly be evaluated?

I am a mother that loves her son and I will never give up on gaining custody back of him, because I know if he could talk he would say, "Please don't give up the fight for me Mommy."

I know of a medical doctor that had a similar condition and so many other parents where children have been wrongfully taken. They all say the same thing never give up. Believe me I won't because Timothy Isiah-Blair Jenkins is worth it.

REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL AID

Please I am asking for financial help from any and all. From churches, institutions, foundations, and persons. We need the fee to pay a certified radiologist and other medical providers that will consult with us on Timothy Isiah's condition.

Timothy Isiah fund

(Please make all payable to Charmaine J. Smith)

1806 Hampton Drive

Atlanta GA 30350

All money orders or checks made out to Charmaine J. Smith. We have raised $2,000.00 so far. So we have done pretty good. The only thing my attorney and I are thinking about is whether or not these people would have to testify in court because that is more money. Our goal is to raise $5,000.00. That would cover plane tickets for them to come, their fees and reports. I am trying to find someone with a connection with an airline because they could help me pay for the transportation of getting them here on the day of the trial. [E-MAIL FROM 2/27/04]

Sincerely,

Charmaine Jacqueline Smith (mother of Timothy Isiah-Blair Jenkins)
1806 Hampton Drive
Atlanta, GA. 30350

TEL: 770-396-2970

[fn1] The father was present at the time of birth. This child was a "wish child" not a mistake.

[fn2] The extended family was intact. Arrangements were made for grandmother to help. It can be assumed, family was available to take custody of the child.

[fn3] The mother was breast feeding the baby as the best for her baby. The importance of this relationship is illustrated here.

[fn4] A dry cough and high fever have often been reported as reactions to vaccines.

[fn5] Charmaine exemplifies a loving concerned mother.

[fn6] more than 3 weeks passed before the doctor measuring the head, although the mother was concerned about her baby's head after the ER visit at the end of December.

[fn7] The action here did not allow the mother to get a 2nd opinion or choose a different hospital or physician. The actions in the next paragraph illustrates heartless behavior on the part of the physicians. The entire action smacks of a cover-up of malpractice and negligence.

[fn8] This is an obvious lie, if DFACS has received reports already.

[fn9] According to an independent radiologist, there are no fractures or broken bones.

Charmaine: "I have Dr. Harold Buttram's report.... He recommended that I have the x rays submitted for a definitive radiology report. I submitted the x rays to a pediatric radiologist and there are no fractures and no other indicators of trauma. That is a big difference from every allegation they raised."

[fn10] The hospital was found at fault, yet a child died and the innocent parent was accused of wrong doing. It is suspected that no compensation was given to the parents nor any penalty was assessed to the hospital for their wrong doings. This happens far too often!

[fn11] These costs are totally unnecessary. This burden on this young couple is unfair.

[fn12] This is standard unethical treatment of hospitals. It is illegal, but the control agencies and the courts do not enforce the laws. The hospital makes it as difficult as possible to receive evidence of malpractice and negligence. The mother should have bee entitled to the records for further treatment by the healthcare provider of her choice. To foil this, they instigated a known fraudulent procedure to take away the baby and the guardianship of the parents.

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AFFIDAVIT ON BEHALF OF CHARMAINE SMITH, THE MOTHER

Faxed to Fulton County Juvenile Court /Judge Jones Office for the hearing before Arrest

My name is Carol Stronstorff. I am the vice-president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Patients, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Florida. I reside at XXX Bradenton, FL 34209.

Since 1999 I have been following the medical situation in United States. I've come to the unfortunate conclusion, that profit motivated medicine is a detriment to quality care. It appears, that the fear of lawsuits often lead to unethical behavior on the part of medical professionals. Throughout the years with extensive lobbying [AMA, AHA, etc.], medical professionals have gained ever more power in determining individual rights. The recent medical malpractice insurance "crisis" with the backing of basically unregulated insurance corporations, again is trying to limit the rights of compensation for damages.

Patients' rights are being eliminated basically to maximize profits though elimination of full liability. Often, groups of professionals falsify or distort facts to eliminate a record, which would indicate malpractice and negligence. Liability of several doctors and the treating facility and personnel can be involved in one case. Unfortunately, this liability often leads to less the ethical to try to cover their own and their colleagues mistakes. This leads to falsification of evaluation of medical facts and undermines responsible quality healthcare in general.

From the facts, which I have learned from Charmaine Smith and the case of her son Timothy, it appears that this case may fall into this category. [The story of this case is found at http://www.spcpi.homestead.com//files/timothy.htm. ] Timothy was born premature into a loving family. The record shows that the mother was caring and loving with the baby's interest in the foreground.

On December 28th and 29th, following inoculations, extreme fever led to an emergency hospital visit at Scottish Rite. It appears, that the medical condition hydrocephalus was recognized already at this time. [Charmaine: "three different doctors, all three doctors felt the top of his head ....but did not do a x-ray or scan of his head.."] However, no action was taken-

possibly because, Timothy was only a Medicaid patient, allowing for less coverage for the needed operation or possibly to protect the pediatrician, who had not diagnosed the condition or

possibly just plain common negligence.

In any case, the child's pediatrician, Dr. Gabriella Drake-Forte, appears to have been negligent in not measuring the baby's head regularly, especially in the third month following the emergency care of Timothy.

On January 26, 2004 Charmaine and Timothy's father visited Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Kevin Stevenson upon appointment and suggestion of her pediatrician Dr. Drake-Forte following the January 23rd 4-month-checkup. This was not an emergency, but a regularly scheduled appointment, when absolutely no abuse was suspected by the loving family.

Charmaine: "I also asked Dr. Stevenson, the Pediatric Neurosurgeon, why the hospital had not done a CT-scan when Timothy Isiah was hospitalized on December 28, 2003. He informed me he did not work for the hospital, and he apologized the condition had not been detected earlier but he wanted to fix it right away."

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It appears that this is what Dr. Stevenson did: "fix-it" - instead of leaving a record that indicated that the hospital and physicians were negligent, he appears to have coordinated a shift of blame to the family. Such action would give the hospital more time to change records and correct their negligence, and not allow for the family to get a second opinion or change facilities and doctors.

The lack of supporting evidence of child abuse as well as the unwillingness for these physicians to appear at court to testify under oath to their "findings" is indicative of this scandalous treatment of Timothy's family.

Department of Family and Children

Involvement of DFACS with Mr. Davis in this case may indicate that the hospital did not go though regular channels in reporting "abuse." In any case, it is normal for a case worker to make an attempt to keep the baby in the child's extended family. This was not done in this case. If more such cases are found, it could be possible that Mr. Davis may receive kickbacks to allow the hospital to gain control of children patients in order to cover-up their negligence. I have no proof of this. However, the reported circumstances arouse my suspicion. In any case, he did not perform in the child's interest, since the baby was nursing at the time.

Radiologist and Medical Records

Kimberly A. Spencer, M.D of Diagnostic Imaging Specialists, P.A.

Was hired by the mother to interpret her child's x-rays [The x-rays given to her as the x-rays for her child by Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center].

The same radiologist then testified that she had been given a 2nd set of x-rays by the hospital to interpret and these showed fractures and other damage. The radiologist cannot be impeached for giving false testimony if she viewed different x-rays showing a different status.

The court should be made aware that the hospital is clearly guilty of negligence, since maintaining accurate and complete medical records is required by law.

By coming up with an unknown set of records for Timothy, the hospital appears be guilty of fraud and/or negligence. It has violated Georgia law, since Charmaine had requested all medical records from the hospital.

Code of Georgia § 31-33-2 Authorizes the hospital to give all the records to the mother. Code of Georgia § 31-33-3 Authorizes the hospital to charge a fee:

(a) The party requesting the patient´s records shall be responsible to the provider for the costs of copying and mailing the patient´s record. A charge of up to $20.00 may be collected for search, retrieval, and other direct administrative costs related to compliance with the request under this chapter. A fee for certifying the medical records may also be charged not to exceed $7.50 for each record certified. The actual cost of postage incurred in mailing the requested records may also be charged. In addition, copying costs for a record which is in paper form shall not exceed $.75 per page for the first 20 pages of the patient´s records which are copied; $.65 per page for pages 21through 100; and $.50 for each page copied in excess of 100 pages. All of the fees allowed by this Code section may be adjusted annually...

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(b) The rights granted to a patient or other person under this chapter are in addition to any other rights such patient or person may have relating to access to a patient´s records...

The hospital appears to have acted in extreme bad faith in

1) withholding information to the mother at the time of the removal of the baby,

2) with the overcharge of fees for the baby's medical records and with

3) the later presentation of unknown x-rays to Charmaine's radiologist and

4) under the known and given circumstances falsely accusing the family of abuse of Timothy.

Testifying doctors and Accusations

Drs. Patrick D. Barnes, MD and Harold E Buttram, MD have already spoken to the Court on behalf of the family, explaining possible causes of blood on the brain. These reputable doctors have done so without any desire for financial gain and in the interest of falsely accused families everywhere. They have also expressed alarm at the actions of the various doctors involved in this accusation of child abuse. They have also pointed out how Shaken Baby Syndrome [SBS] is not based on scientific evidence and that this questionable diagnosis has resulted in numerous false allegations, unnecessary hardships and convictions.

I call attention to the fact that to date not one doctor has appeared before the court in this case against the family. From the details known to me through Charmaine, a young, but loving and competent mother, I find this indicative, that the doctors have no desire to be placed under oath for their unconscionable actions. Under these circumstances the expense of having to defend themselves from a ridiculous charge of abuse is unwarranted if not scandalous.

Conclusion : Violation of Patient's Rights for Profit

From my experience, this appears to be another incidence of patient abuse in the interest of healthcare professional profits. Patient's rights are violated with impunity in an effort to protect personal reputations and avoid a possible lawsuit. Nowhere is this made possible under Universal laws. Yet, through strong lobbying of medical interest groups, such behavior is quite common.

Rather than admit that the hospital made an error by not taking action on Timothy's hydrocephalus in December, the hospital appears to have staged this abuse scene to gain time to falsify their records and rectify the earlier medical neglect.

My web site http://www.spcpi.homestead.com//files/timothy.htm has Charmaine's story, which shows a concerned parent, who has her baby taken away from her on a regularly scheduled appointment. This follows Timothy's one month earlier admission for "high fever." High fever is obviously not caused by physical abuse! This appears to be an obvious med-mal cover-up at the patient's expense.

I have been told that Charmaine's physicians, who are testifying without cost - no profit motive- have informed the court that the spinal tap in December was even life-threatening for Timothy. Dr. DeGrandi is not a radiologist and appears to have negligently accused the family of abuse.

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The handling of this case by DFACS is also strange. Mr. Davis appears at the hospital and the baby's custody is taken away from the family without any attempt to place the child under another family member. If such measures were necessary, why was no effort made to have the custody given to Charmaine's family?

I believe, it was known that there was no parental abuse. The hospital may have wanted custody removed from the parents, so that they could gain control of the child and falsify the records to cover their errors.

COMMON SENSE indicates that a baby with no outward signs of abuse [bruises, scratches, crying from pain] cannot have suffered any physical abuse. The incident related to the removal of Timothy was a regularly scheduled appointment - no emergency. No sudden violent trauma was indicated. True abuse in this case was the removal of a nursing baby form her loving family under such scandalous circumstances. Timothy had a plastic tube shoved down his nose in order to nourish him. This was done when his loving mother was available to nurse him. Here one sees true CHILD ABUSE performed by the doctors and DFACS.

I request that the Court be made aware of the violations in the medical area of our constitutional rights to equality before the law. Equality should place patients on the same footing as doctors and demand accountability for their actions. Please reunite Timothy with his family and be aware that there are many possible causes for false accusations of abuse. Even medical doctors make mistakes, yet their actions and mistakes can result in incredible hardship for innocent families and victims of malpractice.

More information can be found on SPCP web sites: http://www.spcp4u.org/ http://spcpi.homestead.com/HospitalAbuse.htmlHttp://spcpi.homestead.com/MalpracticeVictims.html end of Affidavit

Before me personally appeared Carol Stronstorff, whose identity is personally known to me and who, acknowledges that she has made this foregoing Affidavit of Facts and Truth.

It is the sworn testimony of the Affiant who solemnly swears that the facts contained therein are true, correct and certain. Every claim made in the Affidavit is backed up by documentary evidence that is provable without any contrivance.

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Signature

Sworn by Affiant before me this 19th Day of April 2004 (two thousand four)

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SPCP - The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Patients is a non-profit patients' rights organization. We are here to aid you in furthering your health and to assist in reducing your health care problems.

Founded on a deadly experience with no recourse, we strive to prevent further occurrences of such medical abuse in the interest of profits.

SPCP Bradenton, FL 34209 Tel: 888-492-5856 / 941-794-1634 Fax: 775-257-6489

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