Dr. Alice Newton: Massachusetts: The Globe profiles a pediatrician at the centre of storms on child abuse. “I’m not into this to accuse people,” said Massachusetts General Hospital’s Dr. Alice Newton."Her critics don’t mince words. Melinda Thompson, attorney for an Irish nanny who was recently released after the shaken-baby charges against her were dropped, referred to Newton as a “maniac” who recklessly misuses her medical power. “She has become more of a prosecutor than a doctor,” said Thompson, who represented Aisling Brady McCarthy. “I think it’s shocking that she’s heading a child abuse team at a major hospital.”
STORY: "Pediatrician is at the center of storms on child abuse," by reporter Patricia Wen, published on November 4, 2015, by the Globe.
PHOTO CAPTION: “I’m not into this to accuse people,” said Massachusetts General Hospital’s Dr. Alice Newton."
“If you have a story that’s just not hanging together, think about
it. Maybe it’s abuse,” said Newton, who previously ran the Boston
Children’s Hospital child-protection unit for seven years. After toiling in relative obscurity for nearly two decades, Newton
has recently emerged as one of the state’s most controversial
pediatricians, admired by many but reviled in some legal circles as a
messianic physician who is too eager to see a dark side in the parents
and caretakers who bring ailing — or dead — children into the emergency
room. In the past few years, her medical judgment has been openly
questioned in three high-profile cases, two of which involved
shaken-baby abuse charges that were later dropped. The third involved
her role in filing medical abuse charges against parents of a
Connecticut teenager on grounds that they were seeking overly aggressive
and inappropriate care for their daughter. She has received threatening
calls and letters, and has taken some security precautions. Her critics don’t mince words. Melinda Thompson, attorney for an
Irish nanny who was recently released after the shaken-baby charges
against her were dropped, referred to Newton as a “maniac” who
recklessly misuses her medical power.
“She has become more of a prosecutor than a doctor,” said Thompson,
who represented Aisling Brady McCarthy. “I think it’s shocking that
she’s heading a child abuse team at a major hospital.”
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