This Hospital Test Could Cost You Custody of Your Baby

Think about you’re going to have a child. You may have made plans — who might be there, the way you count on it to go, what you’ll must get the toddler dwelling. Now think about the newborn is born. You’re in your hospital mattress, bonding together with your new child, when a physician walks in and tells you that you’ve examined constructive for medicine. However you understand that’s flawed.

Hospitals throughout the nation routinely drug take a look at individuals coming in to provide start, utilizing pee-in-a-cup exams which can be notoriously imprecise. Individuals who have eaten poppy seed bagels or taken over-the-counter heartburn or chilly medicines can take a look at constructive for meth or opiates.

The Marshall Mission’s reporter Shoshana Walter, in collaboration with Reveal, investigated how hospitals nationwide are reporting dad and mom to youngster welfare companies over inaccurate drug take a look at outcomes. She digs into the instances of girls who have been separated from their infants after a false constructive end result triggered a cascade of occasions they might not management.

Hearken to the Reveal episode under — and skim our story coming Monday.