Police: Child unable to walk, needs blood transfusions after severe lice infestation; Mom facing charges
According to court documents, two children were taken to a hospital with severe lice infestation. One child was near death, the hospital said. Author: Elle Smith Updated: 11:19 PM EDT May 6, 2021
SCOTTSBURG, Ind. A mother in Scottsburg is facing three counts of child neglect after one of her two children was declared a near fatality partly because of a lice infestation.
Doctors in the area not only said they were shocked by the situation but said it was 100% preventable. This is very rare. This is the exception, not the norm, said Catherine Webb, an infection and prevention manager for Scott Memorial Hospital.