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Holbrook Nurse Allegedly Slams Baby Face Down, Arrested, Charged: DA
A registered nurse has been arrested, as well as her employment terminated after she allegedly lifted and slammed down a two-day-old infant in his bassinet, authorities said.
Amanda Burke, 29, of Holbrook, was working at the NICU Unit at the Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip at the time of the incident, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney reported.
She was assigned to care for a 2-day-old infant.
Burke walked up to the infant, who was lying in his bassinet.
According to the DA, she quickly lifted and flipped the baby over before slamming him face-down onto the bassi…
