The young couple, Gaven Dahms and Taylin-Leigh Shellard whose newborn mysteriously suffered a broken arm while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, is relieved that their baby is on the mend.
“She went for an X-ray about a week ago and her arm is healing,” said Gaven.
The baby, born in December 2019, suffered a broken arm in hospital. The couple accused the hospital of negligence; however, the hospital could not find fault from their side during an internal investigation.
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The adamant couple told Northsider that the hospital still expected them to use their depleting medical aid for the baby’s check-ups. “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.
Gaven added that they might resort to legal action since they fear for the worst. “Our biggest worry is that she wouldn’t be able to crawl or play sports in future if we are unable to cover the full medical costs,” he lamented, alluding that the hospital should take some responsibility since the baby was injured while in their care.
