Looking for Lancaster CYA Protocol:
An old friend shows up at your door for a visit and you know this person to be a recovering addict, but you believed them to be currently clean.
During the visit this person appears to be under the influence and has to be rushed to the hospital emergency.
When at the hospital, the police see a small child with the couple and calls CYA. The child is taken from the parents arms and they are blood tested for narcotics and results are negative. They are investigated and knew nothing about the visitor’s actions.
The couple has been accused of NOT abuse, NOT neglect, but for “bad decision making”. How could they know that the visitor used drugs? Do all other parents make great decisions? Are we mind readers?
Repeatedly for months, they have been blood tested, interviewed, seen therapists and in full cooperation of Lancaster CYA every wish.
The child cries at night to go home with the parents and parents also go home and cry. The child has a very caring/loving home with wonderful parents, yes they may have a past of unwise decisions, but should they be marked for the rest of their lives especially when all the testing is to the good?
When will this family be reunited? Hopefully before the child forgets their parents.
How long will this process take?
EDITOR: As reported by NewsLanc some years ago, Lancaster hospitals and the police have agreed that thehospitals would not report the names of those ‘Good Samaritans’ who bring overdose patients to the hospital. To do so, is to discourage others to help out friends and lead to deaths that otherwise would be readily avoided. Whichever hospital reported the incident should be deeply ashamed of itself and so should the police who responded.
I highly recommend “The Heart of Lancaster” Hospital in Lititz as an alternative to Lancaster General Hospital. Their caring and compassion knows no bounds.