Prosecutors drop charges against N.Y. nurse accused of mishandling newborn
Child endangerment charges filed last year against a nurse accused of mishandling a newborn infant at a Long Island, N.Y., hospital were dropped Monday, her lawyer announced.
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Child endangerment charges filed last year against a nurse accused of mishandling a newborn infant at a Long Island, N.Y., hospital were dropped Monday, her lawyer announced.
The charges against Amanda Burke, a Long Island nurse, who was caught on video picking up an infant and slamming him face down into his bassinet have been dropped.
A new father witnessed his son being slammed face down in his bassinet by a NICU nurse, who was subsequently fired and has recently had charges filed against her.
Nurse arrested after a father records her slamming his newborn baby face down in hospital bassinet, The district attorney said that the Department of Education was notified, but Burke's license as a registered nurse had not yet been suspended,
Charges have been filed against a neonatal intensive care nurse in Long Island, N.Y. for allegedly lifting up a 2-day-old newborn and "slamming him face down."