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A26 - Friday, May 4, 1984 - North Shore News

LGH tackles abuse

LIONS GATE Hospital

officials have

established a Child Protection Team to combat
child abuse and neglect of young children and

adolescents.

By JOANNE MacDONALD

The team, which swung
into operation on March 15,
consists of a pediatrician, a
pediatnc head nurse and a
hospital social worker. Ac-
cording to a news release
issued by the hospital, the
team assists the referring
physician m assessment, in-
tervention and follow-up.

The hospital’s Director of
Social Services, Ina
Hollick-Kenyon says
evidence of child abuse or
neglect has come to the
hospital’s attention due to a
combination of factors: ‘the
incidents are occurring more
frequently and doctors are
becoming more aware of the
problem.

“*It’s a matter of the times
and people are under a lot
More tension. Plus a lot of
people are now more willing
to bring these things out into
the open,”” says Hollick-
Kenyon.

Province-wide figures
released this week by the
Ministry of Human
Resources show reported
cases of child abuse in-
creased dramatically from
1981 to 1982.

The Mimistry’s 1983 an-
nual report, tabled in the
Legislature yesterday,
revealed that in 1982, a total
of 1,536 cases were reported,
compared to 1,286 reported
in 1981.

@dbe Ministry’s 24-hour
Helpline received a total of

$2,200
aid for
N. Van

FUNDS TOTALLING
$2,200 under the secondary
highways cost shanng pro
gram for mumapalitics have
been approved for the
Distnct of North Vancouver,
it was announced today by
Transportation and
Highways Minister Alcx V
Fraser and Jack Davis,
M.L.A. North Vancouver
Seymour.

The funds to be madc
available are part of a
$1,537,874 appropnation be
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BC. mumeapalines which
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10,053 calls from April, 1982
to March, 1983, with 756 of
those calls relating to
physical abuse.

Calls pertaining to sexual
abuse totalled 194, while
cases of neglect produced
675 calls.

With the assistance of the
Ministry of Human
Resources, a doctor can ar-
range for the removal of a
child from a dangerous
situation and then call on the
specialized team to provide a
medical and social evalua-
tion of the case.

However, in order to
utilize the team, the child
must first be admitted to
hospital.

“We have a responsibility
to involve the Ministry of
Human Resources, and a
member of the Ministry
would sit on the team. It’s a
hospital process,’’ says
Hollick-Kenyon.

“IF a child is admitted
through emergency and
needs treatment, we would
try to contact the parent and
guardian. If a child is ad-
mitted other than_throlgh
emergency, -the? family doc-
tor would then discuss the
Situation with the family.
We can’t treat a_ child
without the family’s
permission.”’

Although the Ministry of
Human Resources has the
authority under the Family
and Child Services Act to
remove ai child from a
suspected dangerous
situation, Lee Forrest, the
District Supervisor of the
Lynnmour office, says
Ministry personnel must
have just cause under the
Act to actually take the child
out of the home.

“*We do have the
authority to investigate cer-
taim circumstances. If
whoever has the child refuses
entry to us, then we must get
a court order to enter the
premises,’’ says Forrest
“*But very carely do we need
to get a court order. The
famihes are usually) ones
we've worked with before "'

Another impetus behind
the Team is the legislation
which protects everyone,
including physicians, who
reports suspected cases of
child abuse or neglect

The legistation, part of the
Family and Child Services
Act enacted in 1980, applies
to anyone
reasonable and = probable
grounds to believe that a
case of child abuse of neglect
ts taking place

Forrest says the Act

verrides any clam of con

entialy cxcept that of a
lawyer/chent ‘Tthatreaabyp

who has

Fathure to report suspectec
cases would constitute an
offence

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