picture comes from the official description of the hospital where the incident was caused
The incident occurred. Ningjin County, Hebei Province, on November 28, 2022, Ms. Sun went to the western campus of the county's integrated traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital to be hospitalized for delivery. The next morning, the next baby boy was broken at 9:55 am. The baby's physical signs were stable. The newborn score was as high as 10 points. The so-called newborn score was also called Apgar score , which was used to check the physical condition of the newborn when it was born. Usually, it is determined based on the skin color after birth, the heart rate of , the respiratory status, the muscle tension of , and the response to external stimuli.
1. Skin color: If the color of the skin is pink, it is two points. If the color of the skin becomes blue and purple, points need to be deducted according to the specific situation;
2. Heart rate beating: If the heartbeat is more than 100 times/minute, points need to be deducted according to the specific situation;
3. Breathing: If the newborn breathes regularly, there is no obvious dyspnea is two points. If the newborn breathes irregularly, points need to be deducted according to the specific situation;
4. Muscle tone: If the newborn's muscle tone is normal, two points, if the newborn's muscle tone is low or hyperactive, points need to be deducted according to the specific situation;
5. Response to the outside world: If the newborn cry loudly when stimulating the soles of the foot, it is a normal reaction, two points. If the reaction is not obvious or strong, points need to be deducted according to the specific circumstances.
This shows that the baby boy is very healthy, there is no abnormality of , and there is no obvious deformity.
At 9:50 am the second day after the newborn was born, the baby boy's father choked and coughed after feeding him water. The baby boy's father thought the baby boy was asleep; at 10:10, the baby boy's father called the nurse, and the doctor and nurse immediately came to the scene to organize rescue. Although he had tried his best to rescue, he could not save the newborn's life.
On December 2 after the incident, the baby boy's father posted a video online, which showed that was in a room, a middle-aged woman was holding a baby, and the baby in the swaddled baby was not moving. The man who shot the video said, "Look, my mother-in-law is holding the child, and (the child) dies in the hospital, no one cares..."
This video fermented quickly online, Ningjin County Health and Family Planning Bureau quickly intervened in the matter. The director of the bureau, which was released through the news, is leading the team to handle it, and there will be authoritative investigation results of third parties to be announced.
I don’t know if the customs are different in different places. The doctor did not recommend that we feed water two days before my two children were born. In the first two days, we just feed a small amount of glucose with a small spoon to help the newborn eliminate the black fetal stool in the body. Under normal circumstances, the newborn will get out of the fetal stool 24 hours after birth. After 2-4 days, the fetal stool will turn into normal yellow feces.
Generally, water is not required to be fed to newborns, because newborns will use breast milk to replenish the water needed by the body. It is not recommended to feed the newborns too early, because this will affect the baby's sucking breast milk less. When the baby is a little older, you can basically supplement the child with some water after three or four months. When drinking water for the child, try to feed it with a small spoon to avoid choking on the child.
Hebei Ningpu actually feeds newborns water. Maybe it is the soil and water that nourishes the other people. I can't say anything from it.
But what I want to say: First of all, According to the provisions of of the Civil Code of my country, a natural person has the capacity for civil rights from birth, and even if the baby is just born, he still has civil rights.
In other words, as long as a baby leaves the mother, he is protected by the Constitution and laws of our country by the existence of a natural person.
If the local health and family planning bureau through the authoritative judicial appraisal agency concluded that the death of the baby was caused by his father when he was fed water, the father of not only had to endure the pain of losing his son, but also had to bear criminal responsibility for his negligent behavior.
As the guardian of a newborn, this father should foresee the occurrence of dangerous results when feeding the newborn water. If he is negligent and fails to fulfill his obligation of care, resulting in the occurrence of dangerous results, it is a negligent crime. According to Article 233 of the Criminal Law of my country, if negligently causes death, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years; if the circumstances are minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years. If otherwise provided by this Law, it shall be in accordance with the provisions.
This means that if the autopsy results of the newborn prove that the death of the newborn is causally related to his father's water feeding behavior, then the father will be sentenced to less than three years in prison.
As for the hospital's responsibilities, if it can be proved that the doctor has not fulfilled the obligation to inform the instructions for the care of newborns, then there is a certain amount of civil liability , and it is necessary to bear a certain obligation of compensation for the death of the newborn. As for the amount of compensation, it is usually resolved privately, and I have no way to know.
I hope the final identification results can restore the truth. If you have anything to say about this, please leave a message to tell me.
