Court allows DNA test in baby exchange case Mangaluru News – Times of India

Mangaluru: A court Here the DNA test has been given in respect of the complaint of a ‘Newborn girl becoming Boy‘During government leave’ Lady Goshen Hospital.
The father of the newborn had complained to the police that the hospital had given him a man. baby During discharge, however, hospital records show that the mother gave birth to a baby girl. Mustafa, a resident of Koteshwar in Kundapur, complained that his wife Amreen had given birth to a child. Girl In the hospital on 27 September
In his complaint to Mangaluru North police, Mustafa alleged that the hospital kept the baby in the NICU for 17 days and on October 14 they handed over a baby instead of a girl during discharge.
Meanwhile, hospital authorities had said that the child born to Amreen was a boy and not a girl. They have reportedly denied any possibility of child exchange. According to hospital officials, the gender of the child was wrongly written as female instead of male in the case sheet.
Mustafa said the court allowed DNA testing of the parents and the child based on his request. “We requested the court to allow the DNA test to be done. The court has given permission for this,” he said.
Sources said the samples would be sent to Hyderabad or Bengaluru for DNA testing. Mangaluru North police had registered an FIR against the hospital on October 15. Sources said the investigation would continue on the basis of the DNA report.

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