NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. -- New Kent Commonwealth’s Attorney Scott Renick challenged the “culture of safety” at the Cumberland Children’s Hospital on day three of the criminal trial of the hospital’s former medical director.
Dr. Daniel Davidow faces four felony sex charges.
Defense attorney Craig Cooley called the hospital’s former risk manager, Matthew Wiggins, as a witness Wednesday.
Wiggins testified that he had not received any complaints about Davidow from the alleged victims in the case.
Both are accusing Davidow of inappropriately touching them while performing breast exams and doing femoral pulse checks.
During cross-examination, Renick handed Wiggins a picture of former Cumberland patient Jackson Haddon, a non-verbal boy with autism.
Renick then asked Wiggins to hold the photo up and explain how Haddon was intentionally burned with hot water at the hospital by behavior tech Stacey Burrell in September 2019.
CBS 6 exclusively obtained the photos after Burrell’s conviction.
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Renick also questioned Wiggins on how policies like "doors remaining open" weren’t followed in the Haddon case, even though a nurses’ station was nearby.
Cooley pointed out that in situations like this, you can’t stop things from happening, you can only react, and said that the Haddon case was pursued all the way through court.
Other witnesses testified Wednesday that they did not see Davidow in rooms in the evening hours, and that they did not receive sexual assault complaints from the alleged victims about Davidow.
A physician testified that staging children for puberty is even more important for kids with chronic diseases. She said it’s a visual assessment for girls and for boys, part of the exam involves feeling the testicles.
Wednesday’s proceedings started with the judge, the defense, and the prosecution traveling to Cumberland for a physical tour of the hospital.
Davidow and two others will testify Thursday followed by closing arguments.
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