5-year-old’s urgent care lab tests mistakenly show STDs, mother demands answers

The Brief

  • A College Park urgent care mistakenly reported a 5-year-old girl had multiple STDs, prompting police and DFACS investigations.
  • Later tests proved the initial results were wrong, leaving the mother traumatized and seeking accountability.
  • The family’s attorney says the case raises serious concerns about how the child’s healthcare was handled.

ATLANTA A College Park mother says her family is still reeling after an urgent care clinic mistakenly reported that her 5-year-old daughter had multiple sexually transmitted diseases, triggering police and child welfare investigations before later tests proved the results were wrong.

Test showed 5-year-old had STDs

What we know:

The woman, whose identity FOX 5 is protecting for privacy reasons, said her daughter had been sick in April, so she took her to an urgent care center in College Park. Staff collected a urine sample, and the results shocked her.

“They told me they called me and when I went up there, they ended up telling me that she had trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and I knew right then that was incorrect because I protect my daughter,” the mother said.

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