Baby Missing for 6 Days from California Hospital
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 2:11pm PST
In
California, it is being reported that a baby's body was finally found after it had been missing for six days. According to sources, the baby was 20 weeks premature and had been delivered at Kaiser Permanente. The baby survived for 2 hours after being delivered and then passed away.
The baby had been named Autumn and once she died, her body went missing for 6 days from the hospital. Autumn's parents had been making funeral arrangements when they learned that their daughter's body could not be found by the hospital.
Representatives from Kaiser approached the parents and told them that the hospital had somehow lost track of their baby. Days later, the hospital told the parents that their daughter's body was found in a refrigerator in the pathology department. They claimed that the body was mistaken for an ice pack.
After the incident, a representative from Kaiser Permanente issued the following statement, "Due to patient privacy laws we are not able to discuss the details of any individual patient matter. In a case such as the one described we would offer our sincere apologies, work around the clock to investigate every possible avenue that could lead to an explanation and resolution of such a painful situation, and reach out to those involved to offer comfort and support."
The hospital went on to reiterate that they were taking pro-active measures so incidents like this would never happen again in their medical facilities. At this time, it has not been revealed if the parents will take legal action against the hospital or not.
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