Medical Arts Hospital staff members will be focusing attention on April as Child Abuse Prevention Month with a balloon launch at 4:30 p.m. April 5 at the helipad.Participants to the third annual balloon launch are asked to come to the event dressed in blue.April has been designated Child Abuse Prevention Month in the United States since 1983.Lamesa City Council members demonstrated their support Tuesday for Child Abuse Prevention Month by issuing a proclamation.In 2020, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services reported 68,461 children fell victim to abuse or neglect nationwide, according to the proclamation.Infants under age one are ...