BOYTON BEACH, FL - A maternity ward mix-up at a Boynton Beach, hospital left a father to deliver his own daughter, on Feb. 25. Zaheer Ali said he and his wife, Indira, who was in labor, were abandoned by hospital staff when another patient needed an emergency C-section, the ABC news report said. “My wife was screaming,” Zaheer Ali told the Palm Beach Post. “The nurse says, ‘You have to wait.’”
The Alis arrived at Bethesda Hospital East Feb. 22 and were given an induction drug to speed up the delivery, according to the Post. Indira Ali’s labor was moving along quickly. When a patient down the hall needed the C-section, her doctor stopped the induction drip to stall the birth until she could return, the Post reported. But the Alis’ baby, Aaliyah, was apparently in a hurry. She was born weighing 6 pounds, 3 ounces, with just her mom and dad in the room, according to initial reports.
“It must have happened very rapidly, because I was only in the C-section for 30 minutes,” obstetrician Dr. Elana Deutsch told the Post, adding that a nurse should have stayed with the couple but was likely “nervous” about being there alone. “By the time she [the nurse] was back in the room, the baby was in the bed,” Deutsch said. A hospital spokesperson, Lisa Kronhaus, said later that a nurse was indeed in the room at the time of the delivery. The Post reported that Deutsch had returned to the room just in time to cut the umbilical cord. “The patient was obviously very upset,” she said. “I was very upset.” In spite of the ordeal, Kronhaus said that the mother and her baby were “doing very well.” She also confirmed that the family was offered “special accommodations” at the hospital. (Agencies)
“It must have happened very rapidly, because I was only in the C-section for 30 minutes,” obstetrician Dr. Elana Deutsch told the Post, adding that a nurse should have stayed with the couple but was likely “nervous” about being there alone. “By the time she [the nurse] was back in the room, the baby was in the bed,” Deutsch said. A hospital spokesperson, Lisa Kronhaus, said later that a nurse was indeed in the room at the time of the delivery. The Post reported that Deutsch had returned to the room just in time to cut the umbilical cord. “The patient was obviously very upset,” she said. “I was very upset.” In spite of the ordeal, Kronhaus said that the mother and her baby were “doing very well.” She also confirmed that the family was offered “special accommodations” at the hospital. (Agencies)