Hospital probes how mums got wrong babies

AN investigation has been launched into how two newborn baby boys were given to the wrong mothers by staff at a busy maternity hospital.

The Southern Health Board is investigating how the boys, born within five hours of each other, ended up spending a whole day with the wrong mother in St Finbarr's Hospital in Cork, The mix-up was discovered when one of the mums, 22-year old Teresa McGrath, noticed the number on the child's tag did not match her own. She said when she pointed this out to the nurse, she offered to cut the tag off. The nurse's actions are also under investigation.

"I saw the number on the tag was different. I called the nurse and she said he was my baby and she would cut his tag. Then I noticed all his tags were different. I didn't know if I had the right baby," Ms McGrath said.