Lawmaker Calls For More Oversight After Baby Mix-Up - New Hampshire News Story - WMUR New Hampshire
April 7, 2009
Hospitals Not Required To Report Such Mistakes
How Many More Babies have been switched at birth in New Hampshire?
CONCORD, N.H. -- A baby mix-up at Portsmouth Regional Hospital is drawing reaction from lawmakers who say it's time for the state to get more oversight at health care facilities.
Lawmakers are considering a bill that calls for mandatory reporting of certain mistakes, but some say they believe it's not broad enough.
Rep. Gary Richardson, D-Merrimack, said he was taken aback by the news that a newborn baby at Portsmouth Regional Hospital was given to the wrong mother and breastfed before the mistake was realized.
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