Couple alleges newborn boy replaced with girl, launches dharna

CUTTACK: A couple today launched a dharna at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here alleging that their newborn boy was replaced with a girl and demanding that their baby be returned to them, police said.
One Madhusmita Mohapatra, wife of Prahallad of Jajpur district had yesterday alleged that her newborn baby boy child was replaced with a girl child by the hospital authorities, the police said.
Refusing to accept the girl child as her own, Madhusmita lodged a written complaint at the Manglabg police station here demanding a DNA test to ascertain the truth.
According to police, Madhusmita was admitted in the hospital a fortnight ago and on January 26, she delivered the baby.
She claimed that she had delivered a boy but the hospital authorities handed her a girl child, the police said.
"We will not leave the hospital till we get back our newborn child", the couple said.