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.…