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Last update - 09:11 25/06/2008 Baby switch cost Jerusalem hospital NIS 2 million By Hila Raz, TheMarker Correspondent Tags: East Jerusalem, baby switch  The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ordered Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem to pay NIS 2 million to two sets of parents and their children who were switched at birth. The two children were born in 1977, and in 1999, at the age of 22 years of age, DNA testing confirmed beyond reasonable doubt they were not the offspring of the parents they knew. The two children sued the hospital for punitive damages resulting from the separation from their parents. Advertisement Makassed Hospital denied the charges, saying there was no proof that the two had been born at the hospital, or that they had been switched by a hospital employee. The hospital also argued that the suit should be rejected under the statute of limitations. The mother of one of the plaintiffs reported that she had been hospitalized with one other new mother when her child was born, and that the two babies had been taken at birth to be bathed before she ever saw her son. Judge Ram Winograd rejected the hospital's claim the two infants had not been born at Makassed Hospital, and also ruled that the statute of limitatons applied because the actual distress to the children and parents began when the affair was discovered, in 1999. Related articles: Health Ministry: 'Complacence, negligence' cause patient's death Rambam hospital sued for causing child's death by negligence Family of Palestinian who died in jail claims medical negligence Surgeon suspended for negligence in operating on 21-year-old Bookmark to del.icio.us   Kosher Idol A new Haredi reality show called 'The Upcoming Voice' makes 'American Idol' kosher. Chief Rabbi's savior New look at Nazi-era papers names mysterious rescuer of future Chief Rabbi.   1.   Irresponsible shameless hospital 09:51  |  Ulf 25/06/08   2.   Reverse logic 09:58  |  Shlomo 25/06/08   3.   Ulf #1 "Irresponsible shameless hospital" is shameless himself 11:37  |  S 25/06/08   4.   To #1 Ulf 12:57  |  James 25/06/08   5.   Makassed Hospital not Israeli, Ulf 14:26  |  x-ray 25/06/08   6.   Israel has liberal judges also!!!! 15:09  |  John Allen 25/06/08   7.   Irresponsible, shameless, hypocrite Scand 15:40  |  Pervert 25/06/08   8.   #3,4, 7 Bunch of perverts 20:08  |  Ulf 26/06/08   9.   #3,4,7 You`ve already given up East Jerusalem 19:23  |  Ulf 27/06/08

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