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Bristol, PA
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Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished; Croydon Parents Sentenced: DA
A Croydon couple has been sentenced for starving their premature newborn twins to the point of life-threatening malnourishment, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Dec. 4. Courtney Soyka, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment and was sentenced to one year less a day to two years less a day in county jail. Marcus Maddela, 45, previously pleaded guilty in late October to child endangerment charges and was sentenced to eight to 23 months in county jail, authorities said. Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished The investigation began in Decem…
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‘Hakuna Matata’: Micro-Preemie Goes Home After 146 Days In Rockville Centre
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Born weighing less than two pounds and more than three months early, a Long Island baby has defied the odds and finally gone home after nearly five months in the NICU. Trinity Alexandria Rose was born at just 26 weeks in April, weighing only 1 pound, 14 ounces. Doctors at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre called her a “micro-preemie,” one of the most fragile categories of newborns. Delivered while still in the amniotic sac—a delicate technique sometimes used to reduce trauma in extremely small infants—Trinity’s start in life was anything but easy. Facebook/Mercy Hospi…
Livingston, NJ
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USPS Worker Delivers Quadruplets At Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
When Aja Kennon walked into Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center for what she thought was a routine follow-up ultrasound, she was ready to see her three babies on the screen. Instead, the technician paused. “I think there’s another head up there,” she said. Moments later, a doctor counted aloud: “One, two, three — and then four.” Aja froze: “I just thought, are you sure it’s not another placenta?” The mom-to-be was now expecting quadruplets — without fertility treatments. With twins on both sides of her and her fiancé Emmanuel’s families, she joked it almost felt destined. Her pregnancy was…
Stafford, VA
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Former VA Hospital Worker Arrested Amid Probe Into Multiple Mysterious Fractures In
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A Virginia and former hospital employee has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into mysterious fractures among babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, officials said. Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, of Chesterfield County, is facing serious charges after detectives identified her as a suspect in an incident involving a child that allegedly occurred in November 2024. She has been charged with malicious wounding and felony child abuse. On Friday, Jan. 3, the hospital announced it would not be admitting any new patients into …
Neptune-Ocean Grove, NJ
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Meet NJ's First Babies Of 2025, Including The First, Born At Stroke Of Midnight
As fireworks lit up the sky to ring in the new year, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center had its own reason to celebrate—a tiny, precious one. The first baby of 2025, Cataleya Lopez, made her grand entrance at the stroke of midnight, kicking off the new year with joy and hope. Born to proud parents Julissa and Manfer Lopez of Neptune City, Cataleya weighed 6 pounds and 12 ounces. She is the fourth child in the Lopez family to be welcomed into the world at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. Cataleya wasn’t the only bundle of joy to arrive on New Year’s Day in the…
Lancaster, PA
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Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital
When you're in the business of babies it's no surprise when babies are on the brain, maybe that's why there is a baby boom at one central Pennsylvania hospital. Eleven women who work in the Family Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital have gotten pregnant or had a baby in 2022, a spokesperson with the hospital said in a release. “We do babies!” she says with a laugh. “That’s what we do!” nurse manager Marguerite Fritsch said. And do they ever. Among the 11 women in third-floor unit — all nurses or nurse aides — three are…
Hackensack, NJ
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Three Infants Dead In Newark Hospital Bacterial Outbreak
Two more premature babies in University Hospital Newark's neonatal intensive care unit have died after being infected in a bacterial outbreak last month, New Jersey health officials said. The babies were among four at the state's only public hospital to be infected with Acinetobacter baumanii, bringing the total number of deaths to three. The infants were infected six weeks ago but the health department was not notified until Monday, health officials said. The three infants who died had many health problems due to being born prematurely, and the bacterial infection may n…
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Breath Of Life: WMC Helps Premature Patient Live Full-Sized Life
Born just under two pounds after 23 weeks of gestation, Joshua Latouche knows how to put up a fight. Despite his strength though, immediately after birth he was intubated and placed on oxygen to support his underdeveloped body. “He just needed a little help breathing,” said Rhonda Richardson, Joshua's mother. “His lungs were always strong, but every time they tried to wean him off the breathing tube, he didn’t tolerate it very well. I literally lived in the NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] at the hospital near my home and felt so tired, so down. But whenever I called his name, there was a…
Bergenfield, NJ
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The Valley Hospital Tops List Of Best Hospitals For Childbirth
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Planning on having a baby in North Jersey? One Bergen County hospital has been named best in the nation, according to a recent report. The Valley Hospital has received the 2018 Women’s Choice Award as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Obstetrics for a fourth consecutive year. According to the Women’s Choice Award, Valley is one of 400 hospitals that women feel confident in choosing for their maternity needs. This designation identifies the country’s best hospitals for obstetrics based on criteria that considers female satisfaction and clinical excellence. “We are very…
