Aiexpress – Someone who used to work at a hospital was arrested in late 2024 for an event that left three babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Virginia’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital with “unexplainable fractures,” according to the police.
A news release released Friday by Henrico Police says that 26-year-old Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman of Chesterfield County has been named as a suspect in the case.
Strotman was arrested and is now facing felony charges of child abuse and malicious wounding. The hospital said the event happened in late November or early December.
A representative for HCA Virginia stated that Strotman used to work at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. The representative did not make it clear what Strotman’s job was.
“Late November and early December, we found that three babies in our Henrico Doctors’ Hospital NICU had fractures that we couldn’t explain,” the hospital said in a statement on their website Dec. 24. This happened to four babies in the summer of 2023 as well. “We initiated a thorough internal investigation, informed the families and notified the proper authorities and regulatory agencies and worked collaboratively with them on their investigations.”
The hospital said that out of an abundance of caution, they are not taking any more babies into their NICU. They have also taken steps to make the unit safer by putting live-streaming technology and making all caregivers go through safety training programs.
They said in a statement that they are “shocked and saddened” by Strotman’s arrest and that they are focused on taking care of their patients and helping their workers.
“For more than 30 years, the NICU at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital has given babies in central Virginia the care they needed and saved their lives,” said Laura Petrosky, HCA Virginia’s assistant vice president of strategic communications. “We are still focused on making sure that care is available in our community.”
In addition, police said they are “re-examining the 2023 and 2024 cases as part of this broader investigation.”
“We thank the families and the public for their patience as we work as quickly and thoroughly as possible to look into all the evidence in these cases,” Henrico Chief Eric D. English said in a statement.
