A new piece of equipment at T-C Thompson Children's hospital will make it easier for doctors to spot victims of child abuse. That's what pediatricians told News 12 today as they rolled out a new high-tech machine. It's called the Digital Retina Camera.
Officials say it is the latest tool in the detection of shaken baby sydrome.
The statistic that was quoted that is very important is that fifty four percent of the child abuse that we see here at T.C. Thompson involves shaken baby syndrome, But probably more important than that, is the fact that ninety percent of children that are abused have findings in their eyes. The hospital will begin using the Ret-Cam immediately.