But the young couple say they might still resort to legal action, after Life Wilgeheuwel said they could not find fault on their side.
The young couple whose newborn mysteriously suffered a broken arm while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, are relieved that their baby is on the mend.Roodepoort NorthsiderThe baby, born in December 2019, suffered a broken arm in hospital. Dahms and Taylin-Leigh Shellard accused the hospital of negligence; however, the hospital could not find fault from their side during an internal investigation.
“We went to the hospital management to ask them to cover the medical expenses since our medical aid is running out, but they refused to help, maintaining that they were not at fault in the first place because the baby was handled by many hands,” he alleged.
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