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maybebaby
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Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
I was horrified reading this...sorry for sharing a pretty sad story, but I could not believe that anyone could be so heartless..the poor babies...
Russian prosecutors are investigating allegations that hospital staff in Yekaterinburg gagged babies because they did not want to hear them crying.
The patient at the hospital in the southern Urals who reported the case heard the children's muffled cries.
She used her mobile phone to film a baby lying in a cot with his mouth taped, while others had dummies taped to their mouths. They are all orphans.
The case, covered widely by Russian media, has caused deep shock.
Russians are used to scandals in the hospital, but this case has touched a raw nerve, says the BBC's Richard Galpin in Moscow.
Criminal probe
The patient who reported the incident, Elena Kuritsyna, had been in the hospital with her own children.
Elena Kuritsyna spotted the babies during a visit to the hospital
She said she heard the suppressed crying of young children in the next ward.
"I heard that a baby was mumbling in a neighbouring room; when I looked in, I saw the baby with plaster over his mouth; he could not cry or do anything, was just mumbling," she told Reuters television.
She approached the nurse in the ward and was initially told to mind her own business. Children were crying too loudly, and distracting nurses from their work, she was told.
She eventually persuaded the nurse to remove the plaster, but she says that afterwards the nurse did it again.
The nurse has been suspended and on Wednesday the head doctor at the hospital was reprimanded.
Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation, and say they have discovered that sticking plaster was used more than once.
"Children in the first year of life were systematically gagged with sticking plaster to make children behave quietly," the prosecutors' press service said.
It is alleged the babies were silenced because there were too few staff to deal with them.
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
OMG..this is truly disgusting...those babies could have been suffocated! How can people hurt the most innocent of us all? 
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maybebaby
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
Posted by Moehick
OMG..this is truly disgusting...those babies could have been suffocated! How can people hurt the most innocent of us all?
I know. It's something I will never ever understand...cruelty towards defenseless babies. I hope they are all adopted into loving homes...
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FelAndJon
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
Absolutely heartbreaking
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mommy2bella
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
this made me cry but my sister's friend adopted her daughter from Russia last year. She was 13 pounds at over a year old. Kristi said it was hard to see such a peanut walking, it didn't seem natural.
they also didn't use diapers. When they defecated or urinated they waited a certain amount of time and then just changed their clothes
I really do hope these children find homes, these stories break my heart.
Message edited 2/1/2007 4:08:18 PM.
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sweetp
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
That is horrible. Such innocence and abused daily....it makes me sick.
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lvdolphins
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
OMGosh that is horrible.
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SoinLove
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
This makes me feel sick to my stomach
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
This is why there are so many stories about children from these orphanages with behavior problems and attachment disorders.... so sad....
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MelToddJulia
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
That is awful!!! Those poor babies.
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
That is so sad. I just imagine my little guy lying there and it makes my want to cry.
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dree
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
I feel sick...those poor babies
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GenLCSW
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
that is absolutely horrible!
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Diane
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
I feel so sick to my stomach right now
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Briellesmom
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
That is disgusting !How horribly scary and dangerous that is. Some people are just plain animals.
What really burns me are Russian adoptions are not easy. They seem to have no regards for the welfare of their orphans, yet give anxious wanna be parents a hard time adopting their children.
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Re: Babies mouths taped shut at Russian hospital
heartbreaking and horrible... but I must say, I am not surprised.
Posted by Briellesmom
What really burns me are Russian adoptions are not easy. They seem to have no regards for the welfare of their orphans, yet give anxious wanna be parents a hard time adopting their children.
Exactly! the state those children live in, they should be glad to give them into good hands, if they cared at all for their walfare.
My very good friends were looking to adapt from Russia after years of failed IVFs. Russia refused them because of the husband's liver illness that have been in remission for years. Lovely, intelligent people, well off, could have given one of those poor kids a wonderful life. Oh well, too bad! They went on to get pregnant with twins and now have beautiful kids of their own! HAHAHA!
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