We were called by the police to a child of a few months old. The father of the child had allegedly gotten into an argument with the child's mother. He had then shaken the baby in an attempt to silence its crying.

The police had already arrested the father and taken him away. The child seemed unhurt by the assault, however we took the child to the hospital for a check-up.

What strikes me (besides the obvious bastardness of shaking a baby) is that even if he becomes the best father in the world - should his child look at their medical notes the words that will leap out at them will be, 'Patient violently shaken by father'.

Imagine if you were to find something like that in your medical notes. How do you think that would make you feel?