WARNING: The following video may be disturbing to some viewers.
Disturbing video shows a newborn baby roughly
handled by a nurse at Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip.
In the video, the baby was picked up, flipped around
and then appears to be slammed back down onto the bassinet.
The video was filmed by the baby's father.
The
child's grandmother spoke exclusively to News 12 saying “I didn't know what to
do with myself. I didn't sleep for like three days. It was just really
horrible.”
According to Catholic Health Services, an
investigation was conducted following the incident and the registered nurse
involved was fired.
The nurse has also been reported to the state
Department of Health for further review.
The baby's family says the
child is doing great and is thankful for that.
However, they also want to
make sure no other newborn has to endure something like this.
It's not clear how long the
nurse had been working at Good Samaritan University Hospital or why the curtain
in the neonatal ICU was closed at the time.