October 6. 2021

Springhill Medical Center

A lawsuit has been filed in a ransomware case, regarding baby's death at a hospital that was deliberately targeted by hackers. A lawsuit was filed on behalf of a grieving mother, whose baby died squarely due to the criminal conduct of hackers.

Hackers disabled computers at Springhill Medical Center in July 2019. This barred medical staff from accessing patient records on the computers. Medical staff were not able to access "the equipment that monitors fetal heartbeats in the 12 delivery rooms."

Newborn baby, Nicko Silar, was born with brain damage and died, because the hackers disabled computers that monitor fetal heartbeats. This computer would have indicated to doctors that they need to perform a caesarian, as opposed to vaginal birth, to prevent the umbilical cord from cutting off the baby's oxygen supply, leading to brain damage and death.

Dr. Katelyn Pernell acknowledged this fact in writing regarding little Nicko's death. Dr. Pernell texted a colleague regarding the computers being disabled and her little patient's death, "I need you to help me understand why I was not notified. This was preventable."

There is no excuse for computer hacking. It is driven by greed and arrogance in acts committed by cowards. The hackers responsible in this case deserve life in prison. They really are the scum of the earth. The baby's blood is on your hands and you will be met with immense punishment from God in your life for causing the death of an innocent baby via your criminal acts.

STORY SOURCE

A Hospital Hit by Hackers, a Baby in Distress: The Case of the First Alleged Ransomware Death

A lawsuit says computer outages from a cyberattack led staff to miss troubling signs, resulting in the baby’s death, allegations the hospital denies

Sept. 30, 2021 9:36 am ET - When Teiranni Kidd walked into Springhill Medical Center on July 16, 2019, to have her baby, she had no idea the Alabama hospital was deep in the midst of a ransomware attack.

For nearly eight days, computers had been disabled on every floor. A real-time wireless tracker that could locate medical staff around the hospital was down. Years of patient health records were inaccessible. And at the nurses’ desk in the labor and delivery unit, medical staff were cut off from the equipment that monitors fetal heartbeats in the 12 delivery rooms.

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