ER Experience1 : Innocence and Courage
May 6, 2006I was looking for some medical jokes from the internet and I’ve read more than I asked for. Here is an incident that happened in an emergency room about a young girl who was raped and how her doctor was able to help her with her case. Just to lighten up after my previous entry. Enjoy and learn!
What was she thinking?
This pathetic story involving an 11 year old female (call her Kay) was a sexual assault by her mom’m boyfriend: took place in one of the warm American island destinations. She was the oldest of three siblings by two different fathers. The mom was a single working mother, and had an unemployed boyfriend. The boyfriend would occasionally baby-sit the kids while their mom was away at work.
Kay was brought to the ER for evaluation in the company of the police and social workers. She had informed her teacher earlier that day that she was being sexually abused, and the school authorities alerte the police and social workers. When her mom was contracted and informed the allegations against her boyfriend, she claimed her daughter made up the story.
Kay struck me as a bright young girl and her story was credible. She gave different instances when her mom was away that the mom’s boyfriend assaulted her. It happened at various hours of the day and at numerous occasions. she was made to sit on his lap while he rubbed his genitals into her private part. she remembered the time she was told to go take a bath and on trying to get dressed after that, the gentleman walked in on her and fundled her private part in the guise of hetting her dressed. Her examination was remarkable in two ways. She was not ashamed for her private to be examined by a total stranger. Scondly, her vagina showed her hymen had been tampered with.
Charges were filed against the gentleman and he was remanded in police custody. a deposition was taken to clarify my record ont he case in the presence of both the prosecuting and defence attorneys. The prosecutor liked the record, but the defense attorney did not and called me a reluctant witness. He insinuated what he could do if he got me on the witness stand, and I informed him he would lose his case if I testified.
On the witness stand he made a grand stand and asked me what I mean on the record by patient in no apparent distress but had inappropriate affect. I calmly pulled the microphone closer, and for effect turned to the jury. One could hear a pin drop in the courtroom as I explained that i was inappropriate for an 11 year old to allow a total stranger even a doctor, to look at their private part. It means she was used to a situation like that. I saw a few nods in agreement in the jury box.
The jury returned wa conviction on all counts two days later. I was informed that the penalty for conviction was 15 years to life imprisonment.
Three omonths after the case, at the close of the shcool year early in the summer, a group of school kids took an excurison through the ER where I worked. I recognized Kay amonst the class. She still looked bright and cheerful as ever. I overheard her say she would like to be a nurse when she grew up.
contirubted by JM, St. Criox, USVI
Source: http://www.er-experience.com/
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