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Dayton Business Journal
Group aims to open one-of-a-kind facility for drug-addicted newborns (Exclusive)
By Olivia Barrow

The Miami Valley could soon get the country’s second rehabilitation center for drug-addicted newborns.

A group of women are in the process of applying for nonprofit status for their organization Brigid’s Path, which aims to provide care for newborn babies as they detox from drugs they were exposed to before birth at a fraction of what it costs to stay in hospitals’ intensive care units.

The facility could fill a huge need in the Dayton area, which sees high drug abuse because of its proximity to the interchange of interstates 70 and 75, and could draw attention from all around the country for providing an alternative to costly newborn care.

Co-founders Jill Kingston and Deanna Murphy have assembled a team of volunteers and qualified medical staff who are eager to get the facility up and running.

“The community is really burdened by the cost (of caring for these newborns),” Kingston said. “If our center has 12 babies at all times over the course of the year, we could save taxpayers $1.2 million...

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