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January 10, 2012
After Beyoncé Gives Birth, Patients Protest Celebrity Security at Lenox Hill Hospital
The New York Times
by Nina Bernstein
Speaking of Jay, it sounds like he took a page out of Bruce Ratner's book and eminent domained the maternity ward at Lenox Hill Hospital, which — betta look on a map — ain't in Brooklyn.
Lenox Hill Hospital went all-out to protect the privacy of Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z, whose daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, was born there on Saturday.
At one point, another father, Edgar Ramirez, 25, said, security guards kept him out of the neonatal unit for three hours while his wife and newborn were waiting for him. At another point on Saturday, a guard declared that “the floor is on lockdown,” Ms. Nash-Coulon said, and told her that if she left the neonatal unit, she would not be allowed back in to see her babies.
“It was just really disgusting,” said Ms. Nash-Coulon, 38, who is still recovering from her C-section, while one of her twins remains in the hospital. “We really believe the hospital is culpable in this because they didn’t let us know what was happening. And the security of our children is at risk when you cover security cameras.”
Related coverage...
Atlantic Yards Report, The fallout from a celebrity birth: other parents complain that security required by Jay-Z/Beyonce hindered their visits
It's tough out there in celebrity-land. Jay-Z and wife Beyonce had their baby, and they're rightfully delighted.
But the security plans instigated apparently on their behalf--the cordoning off of sections of the hospital, and the blocking of certain visitors--has prompted a backlash.
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Posted by eric at January 10, 2012 11:17 AM