Three babies discharged with wrong families

The mix-ups were among hundreds of sentinel events recorded in Australian public hospitals over a five-year period
babies in hospital cots

Three infants were given to the wrong parents in public hospitals over a five-year period, according to the latest Productivity Commission Report on Government Services 2020.

The national report, which covers the years between 2013/14 and 2017/18, looked into sentinel events in public hospitals.