More pressure comes to air the unusually long detention of Haleigh.
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BOSTON - Haleigh Poutre, at the center of one of the state’s most highly publicized end-of-life case, has spent more than two years in a rehabilitation hospital.
That’s 12 times longer than the typical patient, who stays about two months.
Critics say the state is reluctant to place Poutre in a permanent home after her adoptive mother and stepfather were accused of beating her.
They say that reluctance stems in part from the fact that the Department of Social Services initially pushed for permission to remove her from life support. Poutre’s health improved before they could act.
Other child advocates say the long hospital stay shows the state is trying to do all it can for Poutre.
Critics: Poutre spending too much time in state care
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