STAFF AT the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston were yesterday vindicated when results from a DNA test showed that a woman who claimed that she was given the wrong baby by a nurse at the facility, was in fact given the correct baby.
This was confirmed by David Dobson, operations manager at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), which has administrative responsibilities for VJH. The DNA tests were carried out on both mother and child just over two weeks ago following accusations from 32-year-old, Janet Edwards, and her relatives.
They claimed that Ms. Edwards was shown a male baby immediately after she gave birth on June 11 but that she was later presented with a female baby by hospital personnel.
The KPH decided to have a private company conduct DNA tests to prove whether the child was Ms. Edward's after both sides met to discuss the issue.
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The incident resulted in VJH transferring a nurse and setting up a committee to look into its baby handling, tagging and other identification procedures.
The five-member committee made up of internal medical, nursing and administrative officials had been given until last Friday to submit a report or recommendations.
But Mr. Dobson said yesterday that the committee's investigations were not yet complete and that they would take about another week.
