19-Year-Old Girl Raised by Wrong Family Seeks over R3.8m Damages for Hospital Mix Up

• The young lady was accidentally switched with another baby in a hospital in La Rioja
• However, after a DNA test, the truth has finally revealed the truth about the swap which the hospital termed 'human error'
• The two babies were born five hours apart at the hospital but were handed to the wrong families when being discharged

In 2002, two babies were born in a hospital in La Rioja, only five hours apart.

The two babies were however handed to the wrong families after an accidental error. For 19 years, these families raised these kids thinking they were their biological family until a DNA test proved them wrong.

The parents raised one child, and another was raised by a woman she believed was her grandmother.

DNA results reveal the truth

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According to a report by the Guardian, the switch was discovered four years ago after the grandmother complained that the father was not taking up his responsibilities in raising his child.

To prove that this girl was indeed his child, a DNA test was conducted, and the shocking news was revealed.

An investigation was launched into the matter, and all findings pointed at the only other baby that might have been swapped with her at birth.

According to Sara Alba, La Rioja’s regional health chief, the systems were different and weren't as computerised as they are now.

“It was a human error and we haven’t been able to find out who was to blame,” she said.

The complainant’s lawyer, José Sáez Morga, was quoted by the Guardian saying that the 19-year-old client was seeking the R3.8 million in damages because she had suffered 'negligence so serious that it speaks for itself'.

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Singer and TV personality Katlego Maboe wants R4 million in damages from four people for reputational and psychological damage.

According to reports, four people Maboe is demanding R1 million from each of the following: his ex-wife Monique Mulle, her brother, Sabrina Walters, the founder of Women for Change, and Dr Janet van Eeden.

Netwerk24 reported that Katlego wants the money within three weeks. The demand for damages originates from when his ex-wife Monique Muller revealed that he had been unfaithful in a viral video.

Source: Briefly News