Hospital safety measures have changed since 1998 infant kidnapping

Kidnapping of Kamiyah Mobley from a Jacksonville, Fla., hospital just hours after birth spurred a dramatic increase in hospital security


The 1998 kidnapping of Kamiyah Mobley — recently found and reunited with her parents —  just hours after birth spurred a dramatic increase in hospital security across the country, according to an article on the First Coast website.

A spokesperson at UF Health in Jacksonville, Fla., said there are now more security guards, that mothers and their newborns now have matching arm bands and doors have automatic locking mechanisms to prevent someone running away with a child.

This incident happened when UF Health Jacksonville was known as University Medical Center.

According to a UF Health statement: "Like most hospitals, we currently have specialized, state-of-the-art security measures in place, both personnel-based and electronic, to protect newborns and their mothers."  

Read the article.

 

 



January 20, 2017


Topic Area: Security


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