#Horrific footage reveals #premature baby falling out of incubator at #NICU Jessica and her husband Roberto ducked out to get some lunch while their three-month-old baby girl was in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit.
The unit, in Brazil, had been the tiny Roberta’s home for the past two months following a premature birth and reflux problems.
However, when the first-time parents returned to NICU – Jessica immediately noticed something wasn’t right with her little one.
“They didn’t want to let me in at first. And when I entered the ICU I saw that everyone was acting differently towards me,” she said in an interview with Brazilian Record TV.
“When I saw my child I was totally bewildered because I couldn’t understand what had happened to her. She was very soft, limp and wet.”
Jessica said when she questioned her child’s condition the nursing technician allegedly answered: “Mum, I’ve just bathed her and now I’m putting her to sleep.”
For Roberta's parents, it appears that the incubator was not closed properly after the baby was placed inside,” her father Roberto said.
“It has two locks and it appears that only one was activated because as soon as my daughter knocked the door, it opened.
"Today, thank God, Roberta is progressing well. She suffered a lot in her early life and we consider her a real fighter.”
The case is being investigated by police and the medical professionals involved could face charges of bodily injury, omission of help and abandonment of an incapable.
The family have filed a civil suit seeking compensation from the hospital.
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