Ever since I
became a mum, every time the media presents news concerning children I tend to pay
extra attention. I am not sure if you are aware of the whole Ashya King or
Rotherham situation. Both situations left me completely appalled. Shocked. And
so much more that I lack words to express how I am feeling. How is it possible for
state agencies display this lack of judgment, in both cases, and let the
situation escalate this way? In the first case by being overzealous and in the
second by completely overlooking the children?
Of course,
as the Hampshire Constabulary mentioned, it is far better to be criticized for being
proactive than to be answering a tragedy that could be avoided. But still, I
don´t understand how is it possible for a situation to escalate this way, in
both cases.
For the
Ashya case, at the moment, I am completely sympathetic towards the parents. I have
no idea what transpired in Southampton General
Hospital that made the parents remove Ashya this way, but it is clear now (or
so it seems), that they had the best interest of their son at heart. If you
ever contacted any NHS trust, it’s quite easy to feel that you might not be receiving
the best health care in the world. Of course it always depends on the
consultants that you get, you might find the most caring consultant, or you
might be unlucky and get one that simply couldn’t care less. I have to say that
I already crossed both. But it’s unfortunate that this case escalate to the
point where the parents were treated as vile criminals, and that Ashya now is a
ward of the courts. And all due to the fact that the parents where seeking the
best possible care for their son. How is it possible that communication between
parents, hospital and police could fail this way? Was it really necessary for the
police to get an european arrest warrant?
In the
other hand we have the Rotherham case, where senior managers and police where
ignoring and covering up reports of child abuse. It’s hard to believe that both
situations are happening in the same country. Why didn’t the police act in this
situation? Even worse, the police was disproving the abuse rather that
investigating it. It´s absolutely appalling! So in one hand we have innocent parents
jailed, in the other we have perpetrators running free to continue to cause
terror. How is this even possible?
This
clearly shows that agencies are showing no common sense at all. The lack of judgement,
the disrespect for the citizens is simply appalling. And in both cases the innocent,
the children, are the ones who most suffer. I am hoping that with this cases
coming into light contribute to a change greatly needed.
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