Long Island NICU nurse fired after her father filmed her newborn slamming face into bassinet
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A newly hired nurse has been fired after a father filmed her slamming her newborn baby upside down against a bassinet in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
Two-day-old Nikko was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, Long Island, and was under NICU care being treated with antibiotics when the horrific attack occurred.
Nikko’s father, Fidel Sinclair, had gone to check on his baby boy and started recording video of him crying through the nursery window when he saw a nurse pick up his son and forcibly roll him over, crashing him. face against his bassinet. .
sinclair said NBC New York witnessing the incident ‘broke’ him. Mom Consuelo Saravia immediately confronted the nurse and told her: ‘I don’t want you to touch my son! You just hit it.
She claims the nurse responded by saying, “Oh no, if you think I handled it wrong or something, I’m sorry.”
Baby Nikko, whose father, Fidel Sinclair, filmed a nurse slamming him face-first into his bassinet at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, Long Island.
The parents – Conseulo Saravia and Fidel Sinclair – were grateful to have been
The Good Samaritan Hospital located on Montauk Highway in West Islip, Long Island is where the incident occurred. The hospital is part of the Catholic Health System and is one of six hospitals
“I don’t know, it just broke me,” Sinclair told NBC New York. He did not know what to do.
Saravia alerted other nurses and administrators to the shocking video. The nurse, whose name was not released, has been fired.
“I don’t know, it just broke me,” Sinclair said. “Not know what to do”.
Saravia alerted other nurses and administrators to the shocking video. The nurse, whose name was not released, has been fired.
A Good Samaritan Hospital spokesperson told DailyMail.com on Friday that the nurse was a ‘recent hire’ and that she was terminated immediately after the incident. They gave no further information about how long the NICU nurse had been in the hospital.
“Upon learning of this incident, swift and immediate action was taken, including conducting an investigation and consequently dismissing the person involved,” the hospital official said.
“In addition, we report the individual to the Department of Health for further review. Keeping our patients safe remains our number one concern.’
The spokesperson said that immediate family members are allowed into the neonatal ICU to spend time with their loved ones.
It’s unclear how many babies and nurses are in the NICU at any given time, but Sinclair said there were a lot based on his observation.
“There were a lot of babies in there and it made me feel like that happened to Nikko, who else did that happen to,” Sinclair said.
And he added: “It seems screwed to me that in a room like this they have all the curtains closed.”
The parents said the room had no security cameras and Sinclair felt she was lucky to be able to catch the nurse in action and see her son through the curtain and capture the misdeed taking place.
The spokesman told DailyMail.com that having the curtains in the ICU is “standard procedure”.
“It is standard procedure to have curtains in the neonatal ICU to provide privacy for patients and their families and because services are delivered at the bedside,” they said.
Baby Nikko who was attacked in the NICU at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, Long Island, when a nurse slammed him face down into his bassinet.
A clip from Sinclair’s video of Nikko in the NICU unit when the nurse flipped him over and slammed him into his bassinet.
Nikko’s parents, Fidel Sinclair and Conseulo Saravia, spoke to NBC New York about their ordeal.
The New York State Department of Health told DailyMail.com they are taking the “disturbing allegation” seriously, but could not comment further as it is an open investigation, the news outlet reported.
“All hospital complaints are kept confidential and upon conclusion of an investigation, the outcome is shared with the complainant,” they said.
Fortunately, baby Nikko, who was born at 7 lbs. 32oz., He is now at home and thriving, according to his parents.
His father said, “If it weren’t for God who sent me to check on him, we would never have seen anything like that.”
She added: “And it would have kept happening overnight not only for him but for the other babies as well.”
Good Samaritan Hospital is one of six hospitals in the Catholic health system.