: A nurse from the Mount Meru Referral Hospital has been arrested and dismissed after she was accused of switching a woman's baby.

Earlier, a 26-year-old woman from Arusha, Neema Kirugala, reported that her baby had allegedly been switched; she was with her mum, and they were both very devastated.

According to the young mum, the baby she gave birth to was healthy, but the one presented to her was suffering from a heart defect. She also complained that the baby's skin colour was darker than hers.

All that came after she was allegedly denied access to her angel until the following day. When she was given the baby, the mother complained it had been wrapped in a strange shawl. She also complained that her baby weighed 3.6 kilos, but the one she was given weighed 2 kilos.

When Neema sounded the alarm, a team of legal experts from the Mama Samia Legal Aid Campaign went to her home and took her to the hospital.

Apart from the nurse being sent home and arrested to pave the way for investigations, the woman and three babies who were born on that day were sent for DNA tests.

"I have seen some light now since I get help and will wait for DNA tests. I hope that the answers will come first so that I can now who my baby is," said Neema.

@MzeeJr:

"Kuna mengi sana katika baadhi ya taasisi za kiserikali😢😢😢."

@Mo_Baxter90:

"Allah Akbar Allah Allah Akbar, mimi sio Mtanzania ila natoa shukran saana kwa Dr Mama Samia kwa kuagiza team la Samia Legal Aid kushuhulikia ilo tatizo. Also, big up kwa wale bila uoga wowote na kutaka haki ya mnyonge itendewe kisheria. Ninaamini kua uyo Nurse ni mnyama mdogo saana, ayupo pekeake kwa ilo jambo, so kwa ushauri wangu pia simu za ma Doctors ambao walikuwepo on shift siku ya tukio inabidi simu zawo zichunguzwe, pia wa retrieve messages for the past 6 months pamoja nakua zimevutwa, uwezekano wakuzipata upo 100%."

@naomiewalter4522:

"Ayooo hongeraaa sana.Tunasubirii majibu mitano tena kazi iendeleeeee."

@LilianKamkulu-c7d4v:

"Ahsante sanaa Mama Samia . Mungu atatenda mtoto wake atapatikana."

@AminaNzoka-i8q:

"Na hiyo DNA ikapimwe hospital nyingine mbali na hapo hawakawii kubadili majibu ili kusafisha jina la Hospital na sampuli zipelekwe sehemu 3 tofauti tujue yapi ni yapi."

@signolinenikiza3710:

"Na Sisi tunasubili jibu tukiwa Burundi, uyo mam jameni apate mtoto wake uyo uhuni alio fanyiwa unasikitisha sana, asante sana mam Samia❤ kwa kusaidia huyo mama

In another story, a couple went viral on social media after sharing their experience of a daughter being switched at birth.

In a heartbreaking narration, the father of the child shared that he conducted a paternity test, and that is how he discovered the child wasn't his.

According to the heartbroken man, he had accused his wife of cheating on him, but later on, he discovered that she never cheated on him.

Source: TUKO.co.ke

Authors:

Susan Mwenesi (Human-Interest editor) Susan Mwenesi is a Human Interest editor. She studied Journalism and Public Relations at TU-K, participated in HIV/AIDS Reporting Camp, and International Center for Journalists Early Childhood Development Reporting. Over the last 10 years, Susan has worked at K24, Baraka FM, Health Media, TechMoran.co.ke. She is a Bloomberg Media Initiative, National Geographic, International Centre for Journalists, KICTANet, AKU Graduate School of Media and Communications Digital ABC training by WAN-IFRA fellow. Email: [email protected]

Mercy Nyambura (Copyeditor)