2 families await DNA results after ‘baby swap’ at Rajasthan hospital

JAIPUR: Two families are embroiled in a suspected baby swap case at Udaipur’s MB Hospital, with both claiming a newborn boy as their own. DNA samples from the parents of the two babies — a boy and a girl born on Oct 21 — were sent to the forensic science laboratory in Jaipur Thursday to resolve the issue.

The dispute arose from two deliveries made 43 minutes apart in the same operation theatre on Oct 21, where Anita Rawat from Udaipur and Rameshwari Soni from Chittorgarh gave birth to a boy and a girl.

One of the families alleged that the hospital initially handed them a newborn boy and took the child back an hour later, claiming it had given them the wrong infant, and the baby born to them was a girl. “We protested and filed a complaint at Hathi Pole PS. With police help, forensic experts have taken samples of the parents of both children," said Anita’s husband Sunil Rawat.

On Wednesday, police kept both the newborns in the ICU and fed them from the milk bank.

The Rawats, meanwhile, decided to accept the baby girl until the DNA report arrived. “We do not want to deprive the babies of mother’s milk. So, we decided to feed the baby girl. The DNA report will come in 15 days. Until then, we will stay here with the baby girl in the hospital ward,” said Sunil, adding that if the DNA report revealed the baby boy was theirs, it would be a difficult situation for the family as they have been feeding the baby girl.


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