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Title: Baby Dies After Police Detain Doctor Rushing to Hospital to Save the Child’s Life
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ba ... ctor-rushing-save-childs-life/
Published: May 20, 2015
Author: Jay Syrmopoulos
Post Date: 2015-05-20 13:54:26 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 5522
Comments: 26
Pediatrician, Dr. Bhagwan Bang was rushing to the Andalusia Regional Hospital, from his home in Opp, Alabama. He was just made aware of a baby having stopped breathing, when he was pulled over by police en route to the hospital. Tragically the baby did not survive. What makes this incident even more senseless was that this was not the first time Dr. Bang had been stopped by police on his way to a medical emergency, as he was pulled over previously, with the judge dismissing the case at that time. Police had previously given the doctor a specific route to follow whenever there was a medical emergency that required him to get to the hospital fast, which he followed in this incident, which is why Dr. Bang is so distraught over the case. On Tuesday, Bang said he is distraught over the judge’s decision, and will appeal to Covington County Circuit Court. “On Sept. 8, I got a call that a newborn baby is not breathing,” he said. There was nothing about the pregnancy that indicated problems, he said, but the baby was blue. “I have seven years of neonatal experience,” Bang said. “I have seen several of these babies.” His fear, he said, was that the baby had a bilateral rupture of the lung. “I have saved those babies before by putting needles in the chest, and draining the air,” he said. “That was going first in my mind. I needed to be there.” In a short audio clip of a 9-1-1 call provided by Bang’s attorney, he can be heard telling the dispatcher, “If I stop, the baby will die!” Dr. Bang attempted to explain the situation to the officer that pulled him over, but was detained for over fifteen minutes and threatened with being put in handcuffs, before ultimately allowing the doctor to leave. “Several minutes count,” Dr.Bang said. “It could mean a whole life to this child, or making them handicap.” Bang is the attending pediatrician with active hospital privileges at Andalusia Regional and in the town of Opp. The doctor, who was convicted of reckless driving and other violations, in Opp Municipal Court, could lose his license for 6 months. Bang says he will appeal his conviction at the Covington County Circuit Court. How is it called “justice” when a doctor, who is attempting to save the life of a dying baby, is stopped by police for traffic infractions and held, even after the doctor explained the delicacy and nuance of the situation? The potential consequence of him losing his drivers license due to this could be devastating for wellbeing of the children that live in the area. Many residents and supporters are outraged at the way the doctor is being treated. Supporters have started a petition to send to the Opp Police Department and Judge Ronnie Penn. After an outpouring of support for Dr. Bang, Opp Police Chief, Mike McDonald, said they are dropping the charges. Dr. Bhagwan Bang’s attorney reached an agreement with the city prosecutor that requires the doctor to attend a driver’s education course in exchange for the dismissal of the charges, McDonald said in an emailed statement Tuesday. The doctor will also be allowed to keep his driver’s license. “We’re glad that the city has decided to dismiss the charges and that’s going to allow Dr. Bang to return to patient care which is what we wanted to begin with,” said Bang’s attorney, David Baker ***** Cop should be charged with murder since by his actions he caused the baby to die. Well done officer! Way to "serve and protect" Update: 5/20/2015
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Maybe this doctor should choose to live closer to the hospital. He might have a bad driving record or a record of speeding without emergency reasons. Since they dropped the charges, we won't hear more. Since you want to prosecute, maybe the doctor should face murder charges. He could have kept driving to the hospital to save the child's life. Instead, he stopped to preserve a driver's license. Maybe he's the murderer.
Need I say it? But this time it is not "the police make three more enemies" No this time it is The police make hundreds of more enemies. The cop that stopped and held and bullied the doctor should be charged with murder since by his actions he caused the baby to die.
At a minimum, shame the pigs out of their jobs if they can't somehow be fired and personally sued into poverty.
Bingo.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Yeah, we all know how that would have worked out. He would have been dragged from the car, tased and possibly shot. You really think a doctor on his way to save a child is going to worry about his driver's license? Maybe the cop could have just used some common freaking sense instead of letting his ego take charge. Maybe he's the murderer. If you believe that, then you are sicker than I thought.
Attaboy! No surprise that you would show up to defend this power-tripping arrogant cop.
It's the baby's fault for not being born in the caddyshack, at the doctors golf course. Yeah - I'm sure that will be used as a defense for the cop, blaming the baby. After all they have done it before. Pity the Poor Stormtroopers: Baby Bou-Bou Ambushed Them Bou-Bou Phonesavanh was barely a year and a half old, just learning to walk, and unable to speak, but those limitations didn’t stop him from engaging in “deliberate, criminal conduct” that justified the 2:00 a.m. no-knock SWAT raid in which he was nearly killed. This article is total bullshit....
If it were a cop, speeding in his personal car, to the local high school, because he heard on the scanner that there was an active shooter inside the school... Deckard would want him hanged... and if it was the second time the officer was speeding in his personal car... Deckard would be screaming to REVOLT.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Attaboy!
It's as yellow as deckards tighty whitey fruits of the loom
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Knowing what cowards cops are, he would have been speeding AWAY from the danger. SWAT was hiding behind trees at Columbine while the massacre occurred. and if it was the second time the officer was speeding in his personal car... Cops don't get punished for speeding, even when they kill someone. Or for texting while driving. Those laws are only on the books for the serfs.
Yes, that is tragic. This yellow journalism piece wants you to believe that the doctor did not arrive in time and the baby died immediately because he had been delayed 15 minutes. That is not the case and the author of this article HAD to know this. Here is the truth: FWIW: Bang was not at his "home" in Opp when he responded to the call.
Still excusing the cop for deliberately interfering with a doctor on his way to a verified emergency? Attaboy!
Every time Deckard posts a lie... he should have to pay Stone 50 bucks and all the readers 10 bucks. I bet he'd be a bit more responsible then. lol
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Did Bang notify the Andalusia Regional Hospital that he would be out of town (Andalusia) and over 15 miles away in Opp?
Hold on to you hat....there is more coming.
Look how the local Andalusia newspaper reports on this: A Covington County pediatrician said he plans to appeal a conviction in Opp Municipal Court that could impede his ability to practice medicine. The Opp Police Department charged Dr. Bhagwan Bang with reckless driving, driving on the wrong side of the road, and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle last September. His case went to municipal court in Opp on Monday, and on Tuesday, Municipal Judge Ronnie Penn found him guilty. Bang said yesterday he is distraught over the judge’s decision, and will appeal to Covington County Circuit Court. “On Sept. 8, I got a call that a newborn baby is not breathing,” he said. There was nothing about the pregnancy that indicated problems, he said, but the baby was blue. “I have seven years of neonatal experience,” Bang said. “I have seen several of these babies.” His fear, he said, was that the baby had a bilateral rupture of the lung. “I have saved those babies before by putting needles in the chest, and draining the air,” he said. “That was going first in my mind. I needed to be there.” Bang is the only attending pediatrician at Andalusia Regional Hospital. On the rare occasions he is out of town, the hospital contracts with a part-time physician to cover the calls, a hospital spokesman said. Bang readily acknowledges that he was speeding as he left his Opp office headed toward Andalusia, and that he passed cars. He also was in contact with E911, letting them know he was traveling toward a hospital emergency, with his emergency flashers on. When a law enforcement officer appeared behind him with blue lights, he said, he assumed he was escorting him as a result of his call to 911, and he continued on his way. But they weren’t escorting Bang. When Bang failed to stop, a second officer joined them on Hwy. 84, and near Pop’s Place, and with one officer in front and one behind, Bang was stopped. Even though he was on the phone with hospital personnel, he said, the officers detained him and took his license, even threatening to handcuff him. After about 15 minutes, he said, they let him go, but told him to come back for his citations. Bang was distraught. He still is. “Several minutes count,” he said. “It could mean a whole life to this child, or making them handicap.” Bang continued to the hospital, where he helped stabilize the baby. The baby was later transferred to the neonatal unit at Sacred Heart in Pensacola, and died two days later. Several OB-GYN nurses from ARH testified on his behalf Monday night, telling those in municipal court that Dr. Bang was needed that day, and that he was visibly shaken when he arrived at the hospital. Also presented in court was a letter from a Sacred Heart neonatalist, who supported Bang’s testimony that the situation was urgent. “Unfortunately, the cause was different than I thought,” Bang said of the baby. “I was trying to tell (the police) I needed to come there.” On Friday, Bang’s attorney, David Baker, filed an appeal with a request for a jury trial in Covington County Circuit Court. Meanwhile, Bang is worried. If the reckless driving conviction isn’t overturned, he will lose his driver’s license for six months. “Already, there are not enough pediatricians to cover hospitals,” he said. “Without a license, how can I do this?” “Do they do this to other physicians who are rushing around? If a surgeon is rushing around, trying to get to a bleeding person, will they take their license? Would they do the same thing if it were their child or grandchild there?” Dr. Ramak Amjad, who is head of the neonatal unit at Sacred Heart, said Friday he knows of another case when neonatal specialists couldn’t get to a child born in Covington County. Because he knew Dr. Bang and his history of having worked in a neonatal unit, he called him. On that day, Dr. Bang was able to get to the infant, who lived. Ironically, Amjad had the same thing happen to him while living in the Midwest. He said he was stopped at 3 a.m. while responding to an emergency call. He was ticketed, and the judge who found him guilty told him he was tired of doctors “getting away with things.” Several months later, the policeman who gave him a ticket had an emergency with his own child. “I recognized him,” he said. “I didn’t say anything. After the child was OK, I said to him, ‘I do recognize you. Aren’t you glad I sped to get here?’ ” Opp Municipal Court Prosecutor Larry Grissett referred questions about Bang’s case to the court clerk. Police Chief Mike McDonald said his department has tried several different tactics to work with Bang and that this is not the first incident; however, he declined to discuss the issue further due to pending litigation. No court date has been set for the appeal. http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2015/05/09/pediatrician-distraught/.
Attaboy! Like ANOTHER time he said he was on his way to a VERIFIED EMERGENCY...Huh? What is thet old story about the little boy who cried wolf too many times. Stand by....for the rest of the story.
Now, let’s see what the local paper in Opp has to say about the good doctor: City of Opp prosecutor Larry Grissett and David Baker, who represents Dr. Bhagwan Bang, worked out a plea deal Tuesday that will allow the doctor to take an driver’s education course, and to retain his Alabama driver’s license, rather than have to go through a trial in Covington County Circuit Court. According to Opp Police Chief Mike McDonald, it is the hope of the city that will impress on Bang to drive more carefully. “Dr. Bang has a history of prior traffic issues,” McDonald said in a prepared statement. “According to public records, Dr. Bhagwan Bang has been ticketed multiple times by multiple agencies in approximately the last nine years. Besides the tickets that he was issued with regard to the 2014 incident in Opp.” According to records released, Bang has been ticketed: In 2006, for driving 83 miles per hour (mph) in a 45 mph zone in Andalusia, and he pled guilty. In 2006, for driving 90 mph in a 45 mph speed zone on Airport Road, for he pled guilty. In 2008, he was issued a speeding ticket in Macon County. Been ticketed multiple times in Florida. In 2012, for driving 55 mph in a 40 mph zone in Opp. Prior to the September 2014 incident, Bang was previously allowed to attend driving school in connection with a ticket that he received in Opp, so that the citation would not go on his driving record. “Also, before the 2014 event, Bang was specifically urged by me to drive more responsibly in order to avoid traffic citations and a potential tragedy,” McDonald said. The chief said prior to the September 2014 incident Bang was stopped going through Opp at a high rate of speed. “When he stopped, he stated that he was on his way to an emergency at the local hospital,” McDonald said. “The officer followed his vehicle and determined that Dr. Bhagwan Bang did not go to the hospital.” Also, McDonald said much has been said about the September 2014 traffic stop, but there are facts that need to be aired. “Concerning the 2014 incident, Dr. Bang was never forced off the roadway by a police officer,” McDonald said. “Dr. Bang stopped his vehicle in the outside lane of U.S. Hwy. 84 W., and was asked to move the vehicle off the roadway for obvious safety reasons….Dr. Bang was never handcuffed and was never asked to exit his vehicle and he never did exit his vehicle.” McDonald said media reports were wrong concerning the 2014 traffic stop, and the police cruiser dash cam proves they were wrong. “It was reported that Dr. Bang said that he thought the police officer was escorting him so he did not stop,” McDonald said. “If an escort was being conducted, this would have occurred in front of him, as most people understand escorts. Opp Police Department does not conduct vehicle-to-vehicle escorts, nor does the Andalusia Police Departments or the Alabama State Troopers. This is based upon insurance requirements and liability issues. Concerning the 2014 incident, one media outlet quoted Dr. Bhagwan Bang as stating that he was detained at the scene for about 15 minutes. The actual length of the of time Dr. Bang was detained was four minutes and 20 seconds.” The dash cam video is also being released. The issue came up earlier this month when Bang refused traffic school when he went before municipal Judge Ronnie Penn. The judge found him guilty, and Bang retained Baker as his lawyer and filed an appeal with the circuit court. Once area media got a hold of the story, Bang was portrayed as the victim of an over zealous police department. “On Tuesday, May 19, Dr. Bang’s attorney conferred with the city of Opp prosecutor,” McDonald said. “An agreement was made and Dr. Bang will attend the driver’s education course and after this attendance, all charges will be dismissed. The city has agreed to this in order for Dr. Bang to retain his Alabama driver’s license. It is my hope that this information will provide clarity to the 2014 traffic incident with Dr. Bang.” McDonald said no further comment will be made. http://oppnewsonline.com/95608/1964/breaking-bang-agrees-to- drivers-education-course.
Still excusing the cop for deliberately interfering with a doctor on his way to a verified emergency? Attaboy! Looks like the good doctor lies sometimes, so when can a cop tell if he is on a verified emergency:
The headline should read: Gawd, I hate yellow journalism....give it up, Deckard, give it up!
Not only does he look like a self important asshole... it appears he drives like one too. Even the judge is tired of his chronic law breaking behavior.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
It didn't happen! You are so gullible!!! And stupid too....for always believing the crap these idiots put out.
He has offices in both Opp and Andalusia....15 miles apart. He was at his Opp office when he got the call to come to the Andalusia hospital.
Cop should be charged with murder since by his actions he caused the baby to die.
His fear, he said, was that the baby had a bilateral rupture of the lung. “I have saved those babies before by putting needles in the chest, and draining the air,” he said. “That was going first in my mind. I needed to be there.”
If true, an autopsy should have revealed it. The article writer is lazy and doesn't tell us about that. But if so, using a needle to deflate a baby's lungs is not rocket surgery and most any PA or attending physician could have done the same procedure. But FreeThoughtProect pointedly avoids telling us such details, even though finding that information would not be difficult. They just prefer the most inflammatory article they can write and you uncritically post it here.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
#4. To: TooConservative (#1)
Maybe this doctor should choose to live closer to the hospital.
#5. To: TooConservative (#1)
He could have kept driving to the hospital to save the child's life. Instead, he stopped to preserve a driver's license. Maybe he's the murderer.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#6. To: GrandIsland (#4)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#7. To: GrandIsland, Deckard, TooConservative (#4)
(Edited)
Maybe this doctor should choose to live closer to the hospital.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#8. To: hondo68, Gatlin, misterwhite, GrandIsland, TooConservative (#7)
(Edited)
It's the baby's fault for not being born in the caddyshack, at the doctors golf course.
The detonation of a flash-bang grenade. “Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#9. To: Deckard (#0)
#10. To: hondo68 (#7)
#11. To: Gatlin (#9)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#12. To: Gatlin (#9)
This article is total bullshit....
#13. To: GrandIsland (#10)
(Edited)
If it were a cop, speeding in his personal car, to the local high school, because he heard on the scanner that there was an active shooter inside the school... Deckard would want him hanged...
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#14. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, TooConservative, BobCeleste, Hank Rearden, hondo68 (#0)
Tragically the baby did not survive.
Bang continued to the hospital, where he helped stabilize the baby. The baby was later transferred to the neonatal unit at Sacred Heart in Pensacola, and died two days later.
#15. To: Gatlin (#14)
(Edited)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#16. To: Gatlin (#14)
Bang continued to the hospital, where he helped stabilize the baby. The baby was later transferred to the neonatal unit at Sacred Heart in Pensacola, and died two days later.
#17. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, TooConservative, BobCeleste, Hank Rearden, hondo68 (#14)
Bang is the only attending pediatrician at Andalusia Regional Hospital. On the rare occasions he is out of town, the hospital contracts with a part-time physician to cover the calls, a hospital spokesman said.
Apparently not.
#18. To: GrandIsland (#16)
#19. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, TooConservative, BobCeleste, Hank Rearden, hondo68 (#18)
May 9, 2015
#20. To: Deckard (#15)
Still excusing the cop for deliberately interfering with a doctor on his way to a verified emergency?
#21. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, TooConservative, BobCeleste, Hank Rearden, hondo68 (#20)
May 19, 2015
#22. To: Deckard (#15)
“When he (Bang) stopped, he stated that he was on his way to an emergency at the local hospital,” McDonald said. “The officer followed his vehicle and determined that Dr. Bhagwan Bang did not go to the hospital.”
#23. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, TooConservative, BobCeleste, Hank Rearden, hondo68 (#22)
Your headline reads:
Baby Dies After Police Detain Doctor Rushing to Hospital to Save the Child’s Life
Baby Dies Two Days Later Under Specialized Care in a Major Hospital After Doctor Arrives in Plenty of Time to Stabilize the Baby.
#24. To: Gatlin (#21)
(Edited)
#25. To: Deckard (#0)
Cop should be charged with murder since by his actions he caused the baby to die.
#26. To: TooConservative (#1)
Maybe this doctor should choose to live closer to the hospital.
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