Safe Haven | Sexual Assault Forensic Nurse Examiners Team (SAFNET)

If you are a frightened parent of a new baby under 30 days of age and feel you cannot care for this baby, come to the Emergency department at The Williamsport Hospital or the Muncy Valley Hospital. You may give your baby to one of our nurses and simply leave. A new law allows you to do this. We do not even need to know your name or address.

When you give your baby to one of our nurses in the Emergency department, you may give the nurse a medical history of your baby if you choose. We will also give your baby a check up to be sure it receives medical care for any health problems. Then, we will get in touch with the Lycoming County Children and Youth Services and one of their employees will come to the Emergency department and see that your baby is placed in a loving, caring home.

Both you and your baby receive an identification bracelet with a confidential medical record number from our Emergency department. This will allow you to contact Lycoming County Children and Youth Services if you want information on your baby after you have left your baby in the Emergency department at either The Williamsport Hospital or the Muncy Valley Hospital.

Susquehanna Health System offers a SAFNET Program in the Emergency department on The Williamsport Hospital campus. This program, part of a nation-wide program, provides skilled, compassionate care for victims of sexual assault. Our SAFNET are nurses who have received special education in the care of patients who have been sexually assaulted. These nurses have been taught to do a physical examination that includes the collection of evidence and specimens. They also give medicine as needed and explain the discharge instructions and follow-up plan to the patient and the patient’s family.

To Use This Service

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted come to the Emergency department on The Williamsport Hospital campus. While you register, the SAFNET on call will be paged and she will meet you in the Emergency department.

This Service is available 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. For more information, call 570-321-2185