Toddlers Switched Back After Living With Wrong Families For 2 years

Could you imagine raising a baby for 2 years, just to find out that they are not yours?
This is what happened to two mums who had their babies mixed up by blundering hospital staff in Russia.

Babies Accidentally Switched At Illinois Hospital

State public health officials say two babies were accidentally switched at a southern Illinois hospital, with one of the infants sent home with the wrong family.
The mistake happened in March at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion and involved two newborn boys.
Hospital workers soon learned of the error and immediately contacted the family.
A spokeswoman for [...]

Another Hospital Swaps Babies by Mistake

Officials at a UK Hospitals have apologised to the two moms after their babies were switched briefly by mistake.

The newborn babies were switched “for a brief time” after staff at Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire failed to check their identity bands.
The hospital’s maternity unit received an “excellent” rating from the Healthcare Commission before [...]

Czech Babies Switched At Birth To Be Switched Back Next Week

In October we reported on 2 families in the Czech Republic that recently discovered that the baby each was raising was not their own.

The infants, who were mistakenly switched at birth, were born at the same hospital, on the same day – just 18 minutes apart.
It wasn’t until one of the father’s secretly had a [...]