A woman has spoken of her shock at being given the wrong baby in hospital shortly after giving birth.
Oksana Kolesnikova gave birth at Liski Regional Hospital in south-west Russia and was told the she had had a girl.
The baby was wrapped up and given to the new mum briefly before being taken away due to a risk of infection, the doctors said.
Oskana claims the child was kept from her for five days as doctors refused to let her see her, reports The Mirror.
“They said: ‘Don’t worry, your child is fine, we’re feeding her. You should stay in your ward downstairs, you will see her when go back home.”
Oskana was given a baby she thought was hers and sent home.
She only realised what had happened when she went to give the baby her first bath and realised it was a boy.
“I immediately checked the label (on the baby’s wrist). It said clearly I’d given birth to a girl, not a boy,” she said.
Documents given to Oskana and held at the hospital also indicated that the baby was a girl.
“I was shocked and called the hospital to tell them they had given me a boy,” she said.
A DNA test by the hospital showed that Oskana had been given the right baby.
The hospital has apologised for telling her the wrong sex initially.
“The midwives were very busy. They were extremely tired,” said the hospital’s deputy chief doctor Marina Milashenko.
“Of course, we are very sorry that such a situation took place but it did not damage anybody’s health or life.
“Documents can be corrected. Once again we send our apologies to the mother.”
Liski General Hospital.
Oskana is not convinced and is seeking an independent DNA test.
She says she’s worried that her baby might have been swapped as she didn’t bribe the hospital staff.
“Maybe they were angry because I did not bring them presents or money?,” she said.
“I am still shocked with this story, and all my friends are shocked too.”
