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Ex-Nurse Accused Of Slamming Newborn Down At Long Island Hospital Dodges Criminal Charges Ex-Nurse Accused Of Slamming Newborn Down At Long Island Hospital Dodges Criminal Charges
Ex-Nurse Accused Of Slamming Newborn Down At Long Island Hospital Dodges Criminal Charges A former nurse at a Long Island hospital will dodge criminal charges after allegedly being caught on video slamming down a 2-day-old infant in his bassinet. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has dropped its case against 30-year-old Amanda Burke, a former NICU nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. “Unfortunately, despite the disturbing video which captured the incident in this case, the New York State Department of Licensing found the defendant did not act with gross negligence,” a Suffolk County DA spokesperson told Daily Voice. “As such, we could not prove the ch…