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Alumbrado -> RE: Baby detained, dies in Honolulu airport (2/18/2008 5:04:15 PM)
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ORIGINAL: carlie310
Once the paramedics got there, the baby was under medical care, and would have had oxygen--that's why I only counted to there. And while they may have been able to get out of the airport and to the hospital in 15 minutes, that doesn't mean that he would have already been hooked up to whatever machinery he needed by then. So in the best circumstance possible, he would have been at the hospital at 5:45. Instead, he was under medical care at 6:20, and at a hospital by 6:30. (He was transported to a closer hospital.)
Two week babies with holes in their hearts can typically handle warm temps pretty well, if they aren't overdressed. Since the room was described as "warm" and not "hot" I think this is jury prep rather than being a contributing factor.
Yes, it was stupid. Michael and the nurse shouldn't have been detained. If that were my son, I'd be angry as well. But even so, I don't think that you can say that this child's death is a result of being detained. There's so much that the articles don't even touch on. . .the exact type of "hole in his heart", for example. We don't know what sort of problems the baby had in the room--would it have been something that immediate attention could have resolved? There's not enough information there to say that blame exists.
And in all honesty, I have to admit that this press conference to announce their intent to sue less than a week after their son died does raise questions for me. They aren't going on GMA or Today or Oprah to talk about their pain. they aren't holding a vigil--they are suing, which implies (to me) that they want to put a dollar amount on their son's life. This is their way of grieving; I hope it works for them. But that choice feeds my natural skepticism.
More information would be very useful in overcoming skepticism.
But as far as a lawsuit goes, once you place someone in a position where they aren't free to leave, anything bad that happens to them is going to come back on you.
'Blame' might not be the best word, but responsibility does come with consequences, and the courts tend to punish such things with monetary awards, as that gets the sort of attention that causes policy makers to actually follow up and implement precautions against a repeat.
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