Virginia Hospital Suspends NICU Admissions After Babies Suffer 'Unexplainable Fractures'

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Virginia Hospital Suspends NICU Admissions After Babies Suffer 'Unexplainable Fractures'
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Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Virginia has suspended admissions to its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) following the discovery of three babies with unexplained fractures in late November/December. Police have arrested Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, in connection with an incident in November 2024. She faces charges of malicious wounding and felony child abuse. This arrest comes amid an ongoing investigation into similar fractures suffered by four babies in the summer of 2023. Authorities are reviewing dozens of videos from the NICU as part of the broader investigation.

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital announced that it would not be "admitting any additional babies into our NICU at this time" as an investigation was launched into the 2023 and 2024 injuriesBecca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on ET Canada, Metro and the Mail Online.

Police have made an arrest after a Virginia hospital opened an investigation into multiple babies who suffered "unexplainable fractures" in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit .that it would not be"admitting any additional babies into our NICU at this time" after three babies were found with the fractures in late November/December.

"While fractures occasionally happen with pre-term babies since they lack full fetal bone development, we are actively working to determine how these fractures occurred," the release stated.

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