MEC sorry for baby swop at Bara
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has apologised to the parents of two babies who were swopped at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on Tuesday.
A 35-year-old mother, who had given birth to a baby boy on Monday, was discharged with the wrong baby.
A security guard at the hospital noticed that the baby boy had a name tag which did not match with that of the mother and immediately alerted the nursing staff.
The second mother, whose child was mistakenly released to a wrong family, was later reunited with her child.
Nkomo-Ralehoko says they will take action against those involved in the negligence.
"The team on duty did not follow standard operating procedure in place within the hospital when discharging the mother and the baby. When the matter was further looked into, it was confirmed that the mother was discharged with the wrong baby.
"The mother and the baby were fetched from their home within a couple of hours on the same day, back to the hospital where the matter was resolved. Health checks were conducted on the baby prior to him being reunited with his biological mother.
"The families have further agreed to conduct DNA and related tests to put the matter to rest once and for all."
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