A Tennessee mother said she is shocked and furious after doctors performed unnecessary surgery on her healthy newborn after reportedly mistaking him for another infant.
Jennifer Melton gave birth to her healthy son Nate at University Medical Center in Lebanon, Tennessee, according to CBS affiliate WTVF. Soon after his birth, Melton said, Nate was taken for what she believed was a routine physical exam.
When the nurse returned the infant two hours later, however, Melton realized something had gone terribly wrong.
"At that point the nurse started to mention the procedure that they had done that they had clipped his tongue," Melton told WTVF.
"Essentially they took our child who was healthy from the room and cut his mouth," Melton continued. "At that point I began to cry hysterically."
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This is why newborns and new mothers, as all patients, wear bracelets that match up with the lab/surgery orders that will take place. The information on the banks is to match the information on the orders for anything done in the hospital. Sounds like the nursing/prepping staff are the ones at fault in this instance.
ReplyDeleteIncompetence is running rampant. They need to pay more attention to what they are doing in hospitals.
ReplyDelete1st in the order, verify patient identity. 2nd, make sure of the right procedure on the correct part of the patient.
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