In the weeks leading up to Olivia Gant’s death, some caregivers at Children’s Hospital Colorado suspected that mom might be medically abusing her, but the hospital did not alert outside authorities before Olivia died, despite mandated reporting laws.
“We have a medical system that is so divided with so many specialists now, that you will have 30 people involved,” Belkind-Gerson said. “And we’re not having medical meetings all in one room. I don’t know half the doctors who have taken care of Olivia in this hospital, it’s just the size. Of course we’re not able to communicate. The ‘he says, she says’ — it’s so easy.
“We literally said we had two pathways,” Eisdorfer told detectives. “We can say mom has the kid’s best interest in heart, we’ve done what we can medically speaking and we will respect the wishes to transfer to hospice and withdraw care. Or, we call and pursue a Munchausen’s diagnosis.
Later on in the conversation, Sgt. Attila Denes pressed Hyle on why the hospital and its child protection team did not report the providers’ suspicions to outside authorities.“It seems like the consequence of error is, if we go down this path and support the parent, in about 21 days,” Denes said. “And the consequence of error of making a DHS referral is we upset the parent, she’s going to feel she’s being questioned about her decision-making.
“Not to fault the system, it’s very hit and miss,” he told detectives. “I’ve had families in Stapleton have their kids taken away because they’re playing in the park across the street. I’ve had kids of meth addicts where the report was filed three times and nothing happened. It’s not a perfect system by any means.”“If you pull the trigger, the trigger is pulled,” he said. “It’s, ‘You’re an unfit mother you’re doing something wrong.’ Hindsight is 20/20.
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