KAREN -- BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER.
KAREN HAS MORE ON TODAY'S VISIT.
>>> WE'RE INVITED INSIDE AS SHE
TOURED THE HOSPITAL AND TALKED
ABOUT A PROGRAM SHE HOPES WILL
BE REPLICATED AROUND THE
COUNTRY, BUT THIS VISIT WASN'T
WITHOUT PROTESTS AND CONTROVERSY
>> WE'RE HERE STANDING IN
SOLIDARITY WITH OUR PATIENT
POPULATION AND THE COMMUNITY IN
WHICH WE WORK.
>> The Reporter: BOSTON
MEDICAL CENTER DOCTORS AND STAFF
STANDING IN SILENT PROTEST, AS
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP IS
ESCORTED AROUND THEIR HOSPITAL.
>> SHE IS MELANIA TRUMP, SHE IS
MARRIED TO DONALD TRUMP AND HE
IS SUCH A SYMBOL OF SO MUCH OF
WHAT WE STAND AGAINST OF SO MUCH
HATRED, DIVISION.
>> The Reporter: THE FIRST
LADY GREETED MASSACHUSETTS FIRST
LADY LAUREN BAKE ARE, AND
DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS.
THANKING THEM FOR THE GROUND
BREAKING WORK THEY DO, TO HELP
MOTHERS WHO ARE BATTLING ADECKS
AND THEIR BABIES WHO HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO OPIOIDS.
>> IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND SHOW GRAD TAUGHT
FOR -- GRATITUDE FOR WHAT YOU
ARE DOING.
I HOPE TODAY'S VISIT HELPS SHINE
A LIGHT ON THE PROGRAMS LIKEYOUR
INFANT STRESS.
>> The Reporter: AFTERWARDS,
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER'S C.E.O.
BROUGHT MRS. TRUMP TO THE FIFTH
FLOOR PEDIATRIC UNIT.
IN IS ALL THE CAMERAS WERE
ALLOWED TO SEE
WCVB HAS BEEN INSIDE BEFORE TO
PROFILE THE PROGRAM AND SHOW HOW
CUDDLING NEWBORNS WHO HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO OPIOIDS CAN RELIEVE
THEIR STRESS.
>> WHILE I'M REALLY GLAD THAT
SHE IS TURNING ABOUT OPIOID
EXPOSED CHILDREN, WE ARE HERE TO
SEND A MESSAGE, NOT TO HER, BUT
TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR
PATIENTS, THAT WE ARE HERE TO
PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM.
>> The Reporter: AND BOSTON
MEDICAL CENTER TELLS US THE
FIRST LADY DID MEET FACE-TO-FACE
AND T
