- George Mwaura came out and claimed that Kiambu Level 5 had swapped his baby, who was a boy, and gave him a baby girl
- Mwaura later came up and said that they had a conversation with his wife, and it emerged that the baby they had taken home was indeed theirs
- The young couple has since done a DNA test to make sure that the baby they took home belonged to them
Kiambu, Kenya: George Mwaura, the man who stormed online platforms and sensationally claimed that Kiambu Level 5 Hospital had swapped his baby boy for a girl, is now a happy man after DNA results came out.
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After learning that his wife had given birth to their baby, George Mwaura rushed to visit them in the hospital.
When he looked at the baby, he realised that it was a girl, even though his wife had told him that they had been blessed with a baby boy.
An angry Mwaura ranted and even threatened legal action against the facility, only to turn around later and say that there had been a miscommunication between him and his wife.
Speaking at the hospital at the time, Esther told TUKO.co.ke that there was a chain of events that culminated in raising the false alarm.
“Immediately after delivery, a health worker verbally informed me that I had given birth to a baby boy. Still weak and dazed after labour, I passed the same information to my husband without verifying it,” she said.
She explained that it was only after she had rested that she realised her bundle of joy was actually a girl.
According to Mwaura, he sought clarification because there were clear contradictions, but after viewing the records, he was satisfied that no baby had been switched.
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What was Mwaura’s take?
The young father said that the misunderstanding arose after the baby was tagged with a blue wristband used for male babies instead of the purple one normally used for girls.
On November 5, the couple was back at the hospital again, and this time, they had solid results showing that the baby they took home belonged to them, as they had undergone DNA tests. When Mwaura was ranting on social media, quite a few people suggested that he get a DNA test and not just take what he was told at face value.
“We are going to raise the baby with all the happiness, as we have established that he is indeed ours,” said Mwaura.
“This is the first case that has occurred at our hospital for a long time, and so we took it with the seriousness it deserves. We have taken measures to ensure that such incidents do not occur again,” said Peninah Mwikali, the head of the facility.
Mwaura was all smiles in the end, and so were the doctors.
Woman pretending to help mum steals baby
In another story, Cecilia Chanda, who lost her newborn baby to a stranger could not believe taht she had been that gullible.
The stranger went to the 20-year-old mother and lied that her kin were outside and extended an offer to hold the baby.
When they discovered there were no relatives, the stranger told Chanda to wait in the labour ward, but later snuck out with the baby.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
