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Nov 03, 2007 11:43 AM

Amber Alert credited with return of abducted newborn

by ldh

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http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/273221


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Old Nov 03, 2007, 04:29 PM

Default Re: Amber Alert credited with return of abducted newborn
I am thankful the child is back with its parents. Why didnt the hospital lockdown occur as soon as the information was obtained? Would she have still gotten out of the hospital with the infant?
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from GingerSue
Old Nov 04, 2007, 05:44 PM

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only 1% of abducted children survive stranger abductions, according to the article

thank goodness for the infant's safe return
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from ldh
Old Nov 05, 2007, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ladytraviler View Post
I am thankful the child is back with its parents. Why didnt the hospital lockdown occur as soon as the information was obtained? Would she have still gotten out of the hospital with the infant?
This is exactly what I thought too - I think that the lockdown should have happened much sooner. I just find it strange that nobody approached the woman carrying the baby (when she was wearing hospital scrubs). I saw some surveillance footage on the news a couple of days ago, whereby a nurse looked directly for a moment at the woman walking away with the baby, and then turned away, walking into a patient's room.
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Old Nov 08, 2007, 05:56 PM

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Our hospital uses HUGS tags (baby lojack) but is not always perfect because the tags can be slipped off.

Once in a great while we run "tests" where someone unknown to staff but known to management is asked to try to leave the hospital with a "baby". Once we had one slip through because the person tucked the doll under her coat and it wasn't noticed.

All of our staff are encouraged to question anyone carrying a baby in arms or anyone carrying something big enough to hide a baby when an alarm is going off. Everyone from nursing to housekeeping to admissions and maintenance staff is in on the plan for infant abduction.

Sounds like this abduction happened when everyone thought it was someones job to keep an eye out and no one did.
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