http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/1155006/Girl_jabbed_in_foot_by_syringe_at_Washington_state_hotel.html
Angie Smith of Edgewood, Washington, said her daughter, Emily Johnson, was pierced in her right heel by the needle, which was attached to a disposable syringe stained with dried blood, on June 1 while the family was visiting Aberdeen for a girls' softball tournament.
Her daughter described the needle prick as feeling like a bee sting, Smith said.
The syringe was lodged between the mattress and mattress pad on the girl's bunk bed in the hotel room. A plastic bag and a second syringe were found nearby, Smith said.
Emily's family said they took her to a hospital that night and also called police.
"The police were in and out pretty quickly," Smith said. "They just weren't that concerned."
"There's no crime to investigate," Green said. "Syringes aren't illegal and the hotel had no idea how long the syringes had been there. ... They could be from diabetics, they could be from drug users. We have no idea."
Angel Housden, the manager at the Guest House Inn and Suite, said she had apologized to the family, but she found it strange when the family declined an offer to change the two rooms they had booked for two nights.
The hotel initially offered to waive a single room charge for the first night's stay but rescinded the offer after the family insisted on getting both rooms free for both nights.
"They ended up staying both nights and wanted both rooms comped," she said. "When they realized they didn't get their stay free and they also wanted the adjacent room free as well, they did get very angry and start verbally attacking my front desk."
No comments:
Post a Comment