Girl deserved more sensitive treatment
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Willie “Deuce” Wright
Guest Columnist
I don’t like to criticize our hospital. I thank God that we have it in our community, and I know a lot of good people who work there.
But there was a situation that happened Monday night that should have been handled much better.
A young girl who lives in my district was allegedly touched in an inappropriate manner by an older boy. Her mother brought her to King’s Daughters Hospital after learning what happened.
To their credit, the girl was quickly taken back after arriving at the emergency room, but then the family was forced to wait for too long without any answers while there seemed to be no action taken. Police investigators came and went along with officials with the Department of Human Services, but the doctor had still not made an appearance. One excuse that I was given was that it was a shift change, but it seems unreasonable to me that a doctor could not take the time to do something to calm the fears of this child and her mother. The girl was confused, and the mother was understandably upset.
It was about two hours before the family was told they would have to go to Jackson for the tests they needed.
Why couldn’t this have happened much sooner?
I was there, and it seemed to me that there was no sense of urgency until we started complaining. Nothing happened until people started getting upset.
A little reassurance from a doctor or staff member and some updates on what was going on would have helped a lot. I hope that the hospital’s management and those who were on duty that night will think about how this seemed to the family.
I don’t want to be the judge and jury in this case, but what this young girl and her family alleged to have happened is a serious crime. It’s also something that would obviously be very upsetting.
The young girl who arrived at the hospital Monday was scared and confused, and so was her family. In my opinion the whole situation could have been handled with a lot more sensitivity.
Again, I don’t want to put down our hospital, and I know that there are many great people who work there. We just can’t let something like this happen again.
How would you want her to be treated if it was your little girl?
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Willie Wright is Yazoo County’s District 3 Supervisor.
Dear Editor,
I realize after this letter is published that my daughter will probably never have the opportunity of making the Dixie League All-Star team.
However after praying and pondering over this situation, and because she has never made the team in all of her five years of playing (which is a joke) I have nothing to lose.
I am normally a pretty passive person, but I guess the older I get the more I see and understand the cruel shenanigans that many of our kids are faced with. But mostly, the older I get the more I have learned to become more vocal in the things I feel are just not right.
The Dixie Youth Girls Team is one that I have held close to my heart because the one child that I have has been a part of this league since she was old enough to participate. Now at first I did not make a big issue out of the All Star Selection process because each year I was given a so-called excuse as to why my child did not make it.
Her first year and at age four, she was just this cute little girl scrambling around like the others with no clue as to what to do. As she got older and more serious, I realized that this is really becoming her passion and not tooting my own horn but she’s pretty darn good.
Now again I know that she may never make the team after the comment I am about to make, but who cares.
This league is one of the most biased leagues I have ever, ever encountered. Parents, many of our kids are being overlooked because the selection process is too political and a big joke. I do not think that I could sleep at night knowing that I (the coaches) put my child in a position that I know they do not deserve.
For years and in talking to other parents, coaches have been allowed to nominate their child(ren) and other coaches’ children, which is so unfair. Now I know that I am not the smartest person in the world, but I do know what ALL-STAR means. But for those of you who do not, it means “consisting of athletes chosen as the best at their positions from all ... consisting entirely of star performers.” To break it down further; the BEST players!!!
We as parents need to be more involved in ensuring that there are policies and procedures in place and that they are adhered to. We want the best children to represent our city not those children that you want to be recognized to feed your own egos.
Coaches should not be allowed to nominate their children or make deals behind closed doors. ALL-STAR selections should be based on statistics and privy to those children who have worked hard and diligently all summer. Some of you coaches should be ashamed of yourselves with your hidden agendas. I personally do not see how you sleep at night.
Zelda B. Baker
Concerned Parent
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