A suffocated baby dies in the hospital after his mother fell asleep after giving him the breast: "She was exhausted after 17 hours of labor"

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hospital abandoned her. My partner could not stand up after 17 hours of labor, but they forced her to take care of the baby right away. She asked that they take the baby away so she could rest for a few hours, but they told her no," Add.

The parents of the little boy, who died of suffocation in his mother's bed at the Pertini hospital when

after giving him the breast, are devastated by a tragedy that they believe could have been avoided and now they are asking for justice "also for the other mothers and you drink".

According to the father, they chose the Pertini hospital because his partner and mother of the baby had been born there and she wanted to give birth in the same place as her mother did.

But after giving birth to her, she was left alone since "none of us could stay with her because of the Covid rules," he says.

"She was very tired, the baby wouldn't let her sleep so she spent the nights without a wink of sleep. But my son was fine, apparently healthy. Now we are waiting to know the result of the autopsy and we have entrusted the case to a lawyer," he adds.

The man continues to narrate what happened with

: "My partner called me screaming, told me to run to the hospital, but when I got there there was nothing to do. They told us that they tried to revive the baby but she didn't even they woke her up, when she opened her eyes they had already taken him away. We don't really know who noticed [the little boy's death]."

According to his account, they have started this fight because this

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"No one can give us our baby back, but we don't want other parents to live the same nightmare as us. It's not right for women to be left alone in the wards after delivery. If it hasn't happened to other mothers, it's only because they've had Good luck, she says, later adding: "We have read many comments on the Internet from other women, some of whom had also given birth at the Pertini hospital, who complain that they are left alone with their newborn children.

All exhausted from childbirth, unable to properly care for a newborn."

The hospital version

The hospital health personnel asked that the mother be given a drug test after what happened since they found her in a very deep sleep, but the woman has tested negative.

From the hospital they assure that there is "a judicial investigation" of what happened that prevents them from talking about the case.

However, a spokesman who did not want to be identified has denied that there was a staff shortage at the center that night.

Thus, he assures that there were several nurses, in addition to the pediatrician and the anesthetist on duty, and they all intervened to try to save the life of the newborn.

Furthermore, he denies that anyone "forced the young mother to keep the baby."

Thus, it ensures that at the time of hospital admission the mothers sign a rooming-in form so that the baby is in the same room as them.

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