Assam: Couple accuses Lakhimpur Hospital of baby swap
The hospital authorities paid attention to the matter and ordered DNA testing and footprint analysis on the newborn baby. As per the hospital records, all the babies born in LMCH on Saturday were boys.;
Guwahati: A complaint has been lodged with the Lakhimpur Medical College Hospital (LMCH) after the parents of a newborn alleged that their newborn was swapped by the hospital staff.
The incident took place when Chayanika Das, the mother, a resident of Lakhimpur town got admitted to the hospital and as per her statement, she gave birth to a boy whose weight was 2.8 kg on Saturday morning. After she was shifted to the post-natal ward on Sunday morning, she discovered that the nurse gave her a baby girl to which she argued and said that she clearly remembered that it was a boy.
It was also revealed that this is not the first time the hospital has been at the centre of mismanagement. The government is closely monitoring the hospital, so if any further wrong moves are made in the future, it could backfire right away.
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However, the hospital authorities paid attention to the matter and ordered DNA testing and footprint analysis on the newborn baby. As per the hospital records, all the babies born in LMCH on Saturday were boys.
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