The news story isn't entirely clear, but it appears that perhaps even babies that have been born aren't considered people anymore. Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel died while visiting his mother in the hospital afer she gave birth to a daughter. The death was suspicious for whatever reason, and the story is concerned about who was in the room at the time.
Daniel Smith died Sunday while visiting his mother, a reality TV star and former Playboy playmate, in her hospital room three days after she gave birth to a baby girl. ...The chief inspector of the Bahamas coroner's office on Wednesday called the death of the 20-year-old Smith "suspicious" and a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges was scheduled for next month.
Police also revealed that a third person was in the hospital room at the time of the death.
But Scott said that the third person was another one of Anna Nicole Smith's attorneys, Howard K. Stern.
It's not definite, but isn't it likely that Smith's baby girl was also in the room, making four people? Granted, it's unlikely that the baby was involved in the death, but I still think she should be counted as a "pesron", if in fact she was present.
To be fair, it's possible that she didn't have the baby with her. When my kids were born, they spent a pretty good amount of time the first day or two in a sort of creche, or I don't remember what you call it. The dorm room they keep the babies in to give the moms a break.
RC: But this was three days later! Anyway, yes, you could very well be right.
My wife works in a hospital nursery, so I know a little about this. Hospitals vary widely in terms of how much time they require/allow mothers to spend with the newborns. Some hospitals, like my wife's, usually take the babies into the central nursery only briefly for medical reasons, and push the mothers to keep the newborn close as much as possible. Other hospitals default to keeping the babies in the nursery, and only give the babies back to the mothers for feedings.
So it really depends on the type of hospital she was in. As for not counting the newborn, I think it's safe to say that she's off the suspect list.
I'd like to support your theory, but my son was in the nursery under ultraviolet lights for jaundice three days after his birth. I remember peeking through the glass to see him peeing on the kid in the next bed.