Babies gagged by nurses in Russia hospital

I was holding Liam the other day and Mike came along, wrapped his arms around us and gave us both a big hug. All of a sudden he squeezed hard and then let go, stepped back and took a moment. When I asked him what was wrong he said that all of a sudden all he could think about was all the kids in the world who don’t get group hugs from their parents, who grow up abused and unloved. It’s funny how before you become a parent, you hear stories about children who are kidnapped, abused, mistreated and feel really horrible. But when you have your own child stories about abused children touch you very differently. In fact, they don’t just touch you, they literally slice into you and rip your heart out because all you can think about is “what if it were Liam”. This happened to me again today when I came across a news article concerning a hospital in Russia where nurses have been gagging orphan infants with plaster tape to keep them from crying. Apparently a patient managed to get some fotage on her cell cam of a baby moaning through his taped shut mouth. Of course, everyone is in uproar. I can’t help but wonder how long this had already been going on, and whether anything would have ever been done if some random person hadn’t caught it on camera.

Russian shock at gagged babies

Warning: the fotage is a little hard to stomach so…