Although her employer was not Johns Hopkins hospital directly (she worked for Suncoast Advocacy Services), the medical facility often called upon her services for an expert opinion in cases of suspected child abuse. Many of these stories have one name in common: Dr Sally Smith.īut where is Dr Sally Smith now? What has she said about the Netflix documentary, Take Care of Maya? And does she still work at the Johns Hopkins All Children's hospital in Florida?ĭr Sally Smith was a Florida-based doctor with more than 30 years of experience. Towards the end of Take Care of Maya, other families appear on screen to recount similar stories of taking an unwell child into hospital – trying to do the right thing for them – and then being wrongly accused of child abuse. Their only communication was through phone calls with a social worker (who Beata later found out had been arrested on suspicion of child abuse after smothering a ten-year-old boy), Cathi Bedy, in the room. During this time, Maya had to remain in hospital and could not receive visits from her mother. Beata Kowalski tragically ended up taking her own life after being separated from Maya for almost three months.

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