Mother of baby who died after cutting her head during cesarean section says hospital withheld information: 'They said she was fine'

Mother of baby who died after being cut during birth says they did not inform the severity of the case The mother of the newborn who died after being cut during an emergency cesarean section in Ribeirão Preto (SP) this Friday (21) said she did not know the severity of her daughter's injury. In a report from EPTV, an affiliate of TV Globo, the 20-year-old woman, who preferred not to be identified, reported that the doctors withheld information about what had happened at Hospital das Clínicas. "They hid the information from me a little. They said that she was fine, that she had lost a little blood and that they would have to do some tests on her and that it was the forceps that hurt her", he says. ? Be part of the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Serena's funeral was scheduled for 1 pm this Friday (21), in Serrana (SP), the family's city. The case is investigated by the Civil Police. The HC regretted what happened and informed, in a note, that it had initiated an internal investigation into the circumstances of the service. g1 questioned the hospital about the lack of information mentioned by the patient, but did not obtain a position until the last update of this news. Baby dies after being hit with a scalpel during cesarean section, says family The mother said she received medical care to monitor the baby's weight gain at the Ribeirão Preto HC. Mother who lost her daughter after the baby was hit by a scalpel during a cesarean section, in Ribeirão Preto (SP). Luciano Tolentino/EPTV She was hospitalized for three weeks and was discharged last Sunday (16), but had to have a cesarean section at 27 weeks of gestation. According to the incident report registered with the Civil Police, based on information from the family, during the surgery the baby was injured with the scalpel blade. Still according to police records, other medical procedures were carried out, but, with the development of intracranial hemorrhage, the newborn died two days after being born. According to the young woman, the medical team stated that the baby had had a small cut on her head and that it was not serious. When she was informed about Serena's passing, her mother just wanted to go home. "He [the doctor] said that it was not optional for me, that it was mandatory for her to go to the IML, because of the cut on her head. That she had not died because of prematurity, that it was because of the cut", stated the mother. Facade of the Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto (HC-FMRP-USP), where part of the study was developed and patients are treated EPTV Reproduction See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region