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
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.
It revealed there were 426 events over this time, including the baby mix-ups.
Two of the infants were handed to the wrong families in the first year covered by the report, with the third baby ending up in the arms of strangers in 2017/18.
