PMH child ‘incident’ is probed by police (The Tribune)

June 27, 2022 – The Tribune

Equality Bahamas featured in The Tribune on June 27, 2022.

From The Tribune:

 

Advocacy group Equality Bahamas told The Tribune yesterday that there needed to be a full investigation into the incident.

“There needs to be a full investigation into the incident to determine not only what happened, but how because the institution has failed to maintain a safe environment and protect a patient who is a minor,” the organisation told The Tribune yesterday.

“In addition to identifying and prosecuting the perpetrator, the minor needs to be properly treated and provided with psychosocial support. The general public must be reminded, in the midst of outrage, that a minor is being discussed and that person and their loved ones have access to this discourse, likely to include misinformation, which can be harmful and disruptive to access to justice and healing.

“Further, it is critical that we hold institutions accountable for what occurs on their premises and see to it that safeguards are implemented. There should be no opportunity to violate a child anywhere.”