JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A mother is charged with child neglect and resisting arrest after an incident at Wolfson Children's Hospital this week, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Nursing staff called police to the hospital Monday after Tyneshia May, 22, brought one of her children to the emergency room.
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Police said May brought her child in and told hospital personnel that her child was not breathing well.
Nurses said they were concerned, because it was the fifth time in six months the child was brought in for the same health problem.
They claimed the child's condition kept getting worse because May didn't take her child for follow-up care after the ER visits and was not following through on the medications prescribed.
When hospital staff questioned May as to why she hadn't taken her child to follow-up visits or given medication she said, "Because I don't have time. I have three children."
They said she then got upset and took an oxygen mask and other medical equipment off of her child and threatened to leave.
The Sheriff's Office said a doctor explained to May if she left the child could die within a couple hours, but May continued dressing the child to leave.
During that time the child's oxygen level began to drop, so medical staff immediately put the child back on the oxygen mask, according to JSO.
When officers determined the case to be child neglect they said May resisted arrest and had to be dragged from the children's wing.
Department of Children and Families officials said they are investigating.
The Sheriff's Office said May's other children are safely in the care of relatives.