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Dayton Business Journal
Group aims to
open one-of-a-kind facility for drug-addicted newborns (Exclusive)
By Olivia Barrow
The Miami Valley could soon get the country’s second rehabilitation
center for drug-addicted newborns.
A group of women are in the process of applying for nonprofit status
for their organization Brigid’s Path, which aims to provide care for
newborn babies as they detox from drugs they were exposed to before
birth at a fraction of what it costs to stay in hospitals’ intensive
care units.
The facility could fill a huge need in the Dayton area, which sees high
drug abuse because of its proximity to the interchange of interstates
70 and 75, and could draw attention from all around the country for
providing an alternative to costly newborn care.
Co-founders Jill Kingston and Deanna Murphy have assembled a team of
volunteers and qualified medical staff who are eager to get the
facility up and running.
“The community is really burdened by the cost (of caring for these
newborns),” Kingston said. “If our center has 12 babies at all times
over the course of the year, we could save taxpayers $1.2 million...
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