The Root; Published By: Angela Johnson
Last week, we told you the heartbreaking story of an infant girl in Texas, removed from her family home when they ignored their pediatrician’s recommendation to admit her to the hospital for jaundice. Now, after spending three weeks in foster care, baby Mila is going home.
In an April 20 news release, the Afiya Center, a Dallas-based birth and reproductive justice organization, announced that the Dallas County’s District Attorney decided to reunite Mila with her parents and two older brothers.
Temecia and Rodney Jackson’s daughter Mila was born at home with the assistance of a midwife on March 21. But at a newborn checkup, the family pediatrician, Dr. Anand Bhatt, discovered the baby had developed jaundice. And while the condition is fairly common among infants, Dr. Bhatt believed Mila’s case was serious enough to require medical intervention. Read more
