VA - Woman arrested after multiple babies suffer fractures at same hospital, Henrico County - 2023, 2024

[Clearsky]

Woman Arrested After Multiple Babies Suffer 'Unexplainable Fractures' at Same Virginia Hospital

A woman has been arrested after multiple babies suffered 'unexplainable fractures' in 2023 and 2024 at the same Virginia hospital.

people.com

On Friday, Jan. 3, Henrico County Police confirmed in a news release obtained by PEOPLE that Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, of Chesterfield County, had been named as a suspect in the case.

 

[bombardier]

Nurse charged in HCA hospital NICU investigation | Becker's

"Woman charged with malicious wounding and child abuse in connection to investigation at Henrico Doctors' Hospital NICU. Former nurse identified as suspect."

www.beckershospitalreview.com

Confirming that she is a nurse, hired 2019.
What is with these evil nicu nurses as of late???

 

[borndem]

WTH came over her? At least she has been found out and charged.
Those little ones, just getting started. How many parents of these injured little ones may have thought that they had done something wrong and hurtful to their newborn? Grrrrr.

 

[Jsizzle]

This is horrific

 

[Mr.Dandy]

I can’t even fathom how she did this! How absolutely terrible!

 

[Simply Southern]

Interview with the father who went public last week heartbreaking.

Families of babies injured in Henrico Doctors' NICU attend arraignment for nurse charged: 'Makes me sick'

Families of other babies injured in the NICU at Henrico Doctors' Hospital attended Friday’s arraignment for a nurse charged in connection to one of the cases.

www.wtvr.com

Families of other babies injured in the NICU at Henrico Doctors' Hospital attended Friday’s arraignment for a nurse charged in connection to one of the cases. Several families of victims left the courtroom in tears after a judge gave nurse Erin Strotman no bond. She is the first person charged in the handful of cases the Henrico Commonwealth’s attorney is investigating.
"I’m overwhelmed with emotions. I can't put my hand on just one. I couldn't help but to just to break down,” said Dominique Hackey.

 

[SMK777]

I've always had a hard time grasping these stories of nurses who intentionally inflicted harm on patients, especially infants in NICU. Horrific.

You always think a hospital is a safe place full of caring professionals. These nurses destroy trust.

I'm glad she's been apprehended, and I'm assuming the hospital will be sued for damages these babies sustained.

I'm surprised with broken bones that infants taken home didn't lead to CPS investigations on poor, innocent parents.

 

[fsngruv]

The fact the article states, the first arrest made after a lengthy investigation eludes to me, that there might be more arrests, and possibly a policy or procedure in place caused the injuries?

 

[Simply Southern]

The fact the article states, the first arrest made after a lengthy investigation eludes to me, that there might be more arrests, and possibly a policy or procedure in place caused the injuries?

I think the hospital tried to keep it quiet and cover it up. About a month ago the family in the article I posted went to the media, WTVR.
The hospital was supposed to add video cameras after the last incident.
Moo

 

[ssnva1]

Local here. This case is horrific.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

After the case in (Edit: England), shouldn't this hospital have learned something and "done better?" IMO.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

I think the hospital tried to keep it quiet and cover it up. About a month ago the family in the article I posted went to the media, WTVR.
The hospital was supposed to add video cameras after the last incident.
Moo

Have to concur @Simply Southern ….. and I am aghast that the hospital didn’t have suitable video or CCTV regardless? And in locations where apparently infants were cared for or monitored? And before they were supposedly directed to have them?

Begs the question, who exactly was ‘minding the store’? SMH.

And why haven’t the charges been updated to attempted murder?

And the suspect was apparently a ‘former employee’? Who knew what, when? Investigators need to dig. Deeper IMO. MOO

 

[TIGER0822]

My heart breaks for any parent accused of intentional harm, or had their baby injured by this disturbed so called nurse. Any family with an injured infant should contact the hospital, and a lawyer.

 

[TIGER0822]

This happened several times previously. The hospital had a suspicion, but did nothing to stop it.

 

[sds71]

Original Statement (12/26/24)

(Henrico County, Va.) – Henrico Police have been made aware of an internal investigation involving
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Detectives within Henrico Police’s Special
Victims Unit have been assigned to follow up and investigate to determine if there are any criminal
violations that have occurred. At this time, no charges have been filed…

Update 1 (12/31/24):
(Henrico County, Va.) – All of the previously closed cases related to these incidents have been reopened
as part of the recent broader investigation. All of the families involved in this current broader investigation
have been notified, to include those from 2023.

https://henrico.gov/assets/240103.-Update-2.-Investigation.-Henrico-Doctors-Hospital-NICU.pdf

 

[ssnva1]

My sweet baby boy who is now 9 was born at this hospital. No NICU or horror stories, other than he came into this world a pistol, within 45 minutes of my water breaking and hasn’t missed a beat since.

I’m sad these kind of people walk amongst us.

 

[Chimera]

The fact the article states, the first arrest made after a lengthy investigation eludes to me, that there might be more arrests, and possibly a policy or procedure in place caused the injuries ?

Bbm.
Almost as if the hospital is saying a procedure is at fault, and maybe not the suspect ??
This makes zero sense.
What procedure or policy could possibly cause broken bones ?
Omo.

 

[SMK777]

Bbm.
Almost as if the hospital is saying a procedure is at fault, and maybe not the suspect ??
This makes zero sense.
What procedure or policy could possibly cause broken bones ?
Omo.

Yes, that's very puzzling.
But if this were in fact the case, why would she be arrested?

 

[Deleted member 350315]

Thirteen years ago in Japan there was a similar case, where a woman would approach mothers with babies in public places, say something along the lines of "Oh, what a cute baby!", and then ask if she could hold the child. While the miscreant was doing this, she would covertly break the babies' leg bones with her hand:

Japanese woman jailed for deliberately breaking legs of four babies

A Japanese woman has been jailed after deliberately breaking the legs of four babies because she was jealous of happy mothers.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Dotta]

"Nurse faces 30 years in jail
if convicted of abusing sick baby
after seven newborns found with horror injuries."

Nurse faces 30 years in jail if convicted of abusing sick baby

A former Virginia nurse who was charged with injuring a sick newborn baby appeared in court last week and was denied bond. She faces up to 30 years in prison with the charges against her.

www.dailymail.co.uk