What was supposed to be a joyous moment for a mother turned into a nightmare after she believed that her newborn daughter had been taken from the hospital by deception, although in reality she was taken from her by the Hidalgo DIF.
According to local media reports, Nancy had a girl And just a few hours later, a man entered her room at the maternity hospital and handed her a court order to inform her that her daughter would be taken to a nursery.
“A person from a court comes in with a judge’s order and tells me that he was going to take my babybecause there was a protection order for her safety, and she had to be handed over to the Attorney General’s Office staff so they could take her to a foster home,” he said. Nancy Jureny Olverathe newborn’s mother, in statements cited by Azteca Noticias.
Just hours after giving birth and visibly confused by everything it represented, the woman feared she had fallen victim to a scam and that her baby had actually been stolen from her, so she immediately turned to social media for help.
In hours, the DIF Hidalgo confirmed that the minor was at his guard in the Cradle House and detailed through a statement that the reason for his actions was due to the fact that in the prenatal visits They detected a disorder in the mother known as dysthymia, a type of depression that can last 2 years.
“This was a necessary measure, because she is not able to take care of him. The child is not eligible for adoption. The measure was ratified by the control judge for a period of 60 days,” he explained. Laura Karina Jimenez Lara, attorney of Protection of Girls, Boys and Family DIF Hidalgo.
She added that the mother has 60 days to prove that she can care for her baby. After that time, the baby can be handed over to a relative who can guarantee the proper care of the minor.
What is dysthymia?
This is a moderate depressive disorder but persistent, that is, a type of depression that begins in childhood or adolescence.
Symptoms may include sadness, anxiety and emptiness, as well as a feeling of decreased ability to concentrate, think, and make decisionsamong others.
Mother of baby taken by DIF Hidalgo accuses her of being harassed
In an interview with a local media outlet after a blockade of the Mexico-Pachuca highway, Nancy denied that she has a serious mental health problem and even accused a DIF worker from Hidalgo of having harassed her to give her baby up for adoption.
The 28 year old young man explained for Hidalgo Criterion what She found out she was pregnant when she was seven months pregnant, because she continued to have her period regularly.
She admits that because of her past, at one point she thought about giving her little girl up for adoption, but that she never mentioned it to anyone in her family.
She notes that a social worker frequently visited the family, due to a custody issue involving her niece. Upon learning of Nancy’s pregnancy, the worker (whom she identified as Maria de Jesus Ryes Garcia) hinted to him that “I didn’t have the mental capacity to take care of a baby”so he offered his help to search an adoptive family.
In the face of refusal, Nancy says that on at least five more occasions he insisted that she had to find a family to adopt her baby,r what she considered that she was being harassed by the worker.
On the day of delivery, which ended in a cesarean section, the young woman received a visit from representatives of the DIF Hidalgo and has not been able to see her daughter since then. However, she clarifies that she will proceed through legal means to get her back, as she denies that the depression she suffers from is an impediment to caring for her baby.
The case has already sparked an intense debate about the rights of parents and the actions of the DIF in situations of alleged parental incapacity.
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2024-08-13 21:28:45
