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Bismarck, N.D. (AP) Officials at Williston's Mercy Medical
Center say procedures have been changed after the parents of a
newborn went home with the wrong baby.
Mercy Chief Financial Officer Kerry Monson says a baby's
movement is logged each time it is taken from a bassinet for
changing and feeding. She says babies are not allowed to leave the
hospital until a wristband is double-checked against paperwork.
The hospital says a baby was sent home with the wrong parents in
September but the mistake was discovered within an hour and the
parents were reunited the correct child.
Monson would not identify the families involved.
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