Fierce_LiNk
04-12-2007, 05:16 PM
"Two babies in the Czech Republic who were accidentally swapped at birth have been returned to their real parents.
The parents decided to swap the girls back after DNA tests showed they had taken the wrong babies home. They then had weeks of counselling.
They brought forward the date of the planned return after psychologists said it would harm the girls to delay.
The hospital where they were born has sacked two nurses and disciplined five other staff members over the mix-up.
But the hospital staff's mistake did not come to light until nine months later, when one of the fathers - who had dark hair and dark eyes - thought his blonde and blue-eyed daughter did not look like him.
The interests of the adults have been cast aside, to the children's benefit
Milan Smejkal, relative
DNA tests showed she was not related to him - or to his partner.
After deciding to swap back, the two sets of parents underwent an intensive process of preparation. They had sessions with social workers and psychologists, and began paying frequent but short visits to each other.
...I can't believe it took them so long before they even realised.
I can't believe they made a mistake in the first place!
The parents decided to swap the girls back after DNA tests showed they had taken the wrong babies home. They then had weeks of counselling.
They brought forward the date of the planned return after psychologists said it would harm the girls to delay.
The hospital where they were born has sacked two nurses and disciplined five other staff members over the mix-up.
But the hospital staff's mistake did not come to light until nine months later, when one of the fathers - who had dark hair and dark eyes - thought his blonde and blue-eyed daughter did not look like him.
The interests of the adults have been cast aside, to the children's benefit
Milan Smejkal, relative
DNA tests showed she was not related to him - or to his partner.
After deciding to swap back, the two sets of parents underwent an intensive process of preparation. They had sessions with social workers and psychologists, and began paying frequent but short visits to each other.
...I can't believe it took them so long before they even realised.
I can't believe they made a mistake in the first place!