Ohio nurses get probation in malnutrition death of teen girl who weighed 28 lbs. when she died

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2012-10-25 07:44

Article here. Excerpt:

'CINCINNATI – Two Ohio nurses were sentenced to probation on Wednesday in the malnutrition death of a 14-year-old girl who had cerebral palsy and weighed 28 pounds when she died, avoiding a sentence of up to one-and-a-half years in prison.

Mary Kilby of Miamisburg and Kathryn Williams of Englewood were sentenced to up to five years of probation in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in Dayton on Wednesday stemming from the March 1, 2011, death of Makayla Norman.

Authorities say the teen had numerous bed sores and was living in filthy conditions when she died from nutritional and medical neglect complicated by cerebral palsy in what a coroner said at the time was the "worst malnourished child" his office had ever seen.'

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One thing if you have an IQ of 10 and no legal responsibility in any case to act, but it takes a person of significant brainpower to be a nurse or doctor. And, they know their legal responsibilities, too. Yes despite this, these "poor dears" get probation and loss of licenses. That's it. If they had been men, you can be 110% sure they'd be sent to the slammer.

As I said in my last comment to one of Kris' post, there is no bounds on nymphotropism. It matters not that there are lives lost. It maters not anything, not consequences, not ideals of justice, nothing. All that matters is that there is a female involved with interests of some kind, no matter how unjust the circumstances, and she gets treated with kid gloves.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2012-10-25 17:05

There are actually 4 people involved in this terrible crime. These two (registerred ?)nurses being the most distant from actual physical care of the girl. The girls own mother has received nine years in prison and the person hired as the in-home care provider and who had daily contact with the girl is awaiting trial.

"In-home care providers" in some states requires only 75 hours of training, plus an exam. It can be a good job but I have also heard about much fraud and lack of oversite in the in-home care industry, especially when hired by the government (which this case seems to be). Often in home providers are hired by the government to provide care for disabled people.

The article is confusing, but these nurses were not the in-home caregivers, but were in a supervisory position and were to check on the girl's care every 30 days to 6 months. Unclear if they were supposed to physically check the girl or just the living conditions (in the health care industry "check-on" can mean lots of different things).

Unless I know more details, it is hard for me to say how negligent they were or if their punishment fits the crime. In managed health care, often corners are cut and supervisors have too high of caseloads to properly manage anything. Written/verbal reports become a sustitute for a physical visual check. I would like to know if they were paid and contracted to do a visual physical check on the girl and then failed to do so.

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2012-10-26 21:12