Doctor drops baby on head moments after birth
Family filming the birth of twin girls inside a birthing suite watched in horror as a doctor accidentally dropped one head first just moments after it was born.
The child’s mother, Monique Rogers, announced the traumatic experience and shared a video of the incident to her Facebook page on Wednesday.
Footage shows the child falling from a doctor’s hands head first onto a hard bench at Chandler Regional Hospital in Arizona, on February 14.
“My daughter Morgan was dropped on her head due to the negligence of the staff,” Mrs Rogers wrote, claiming she was not informed of the incident by staff at the time.
“I was never notified she was dropped nor were there any tests done due to them dropping her. I would like to prevent this from happening to other children being born at this hospital.”
The twins, Morgan and Maddison, were already particularly vulnerable due to them being born prematurely.
“Morgan spent a total of 12 days in the neonatal intensive care unit due to her being 3lbs 4oz when born,” Mrs Rogers wrote.
She said a brain scan conducted five days after her birth revealed a grade one haemorrhage, but it was unclear if this was caused by being dropped or born premature.
“I did not find out that this test was done and the results of this test until this past Saturday when I brought up a different concern to her doctor.”
Grade one haemorrhages usually don’t result in permanent damage and are common in children born premature.
Parent company of Chandler Regional Hospital, Dignity Health, released a statement saying it was taking the matter “extremely seriously”, KHOU 11 reported.
"Because of patient privacy laws and a request from the family not to release information, we are unable to comment specifically on this matter,” the statement read.
“The safety of our patients and their families is always our top concern. The medical team at Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center takes this matter extremely seriously and is working to conduct a comprehensive review."
Mrs Rogers and her husband Derrick told the publication the hospital owed the parents an apology at the very least.
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