Newborn Baby Girl Dies, Couple From Cilincing Suspicious Hospital

Capture the viral video screen of a baby dying at the Cempaka Putih Hospital

JAKARTA - A man with the initials MR (27) admitted that his wife's newborn child was swapped at the Cempaka Putih Hospital, Central Jakarta, in a state of death.

MR said the incident began when his wife, who was pregnant, contracted on September 15, 2024. Then, MR took his wife to a clinic in the Cilincing area, North Jakarta.

Then, the clinic referred him to a hospital in the Cempaka Putih area under the pretext of dry water so that further medical treatment was needed.

"So I got a referral on September 15, 2024, on Sunday. I was referred from the clinic because this was to the Cempaka Putih Hospital by a doctor," he said from a video recording circulating on social media, Tuesday, December 10.

Then MR's wife also had to undergo surgery at the Cempaka Putih area Hospital on September 16, 2024.

However, MR said, after birth, the family was prohibited from seeing the baby who was female on the grounds that she was still under medical treatment.

"The baby was not shown to his mother. The gender and body parts were not shown to me, with my wife," he said.

"At that time I just came to be called to order the baby," he added.

MR continued, in the afternoon he was informed by the hospital if the baby was in critical condition.

"After that he asked for permission to sign me. But I didn't have time to read all of them. He said, 'Sir, just sign first, sir.' He said this is a permit to install additional oxygen," said MR, telling the incident at that time.

The next day, September 17, 2024, MR was informed by the hospital that the baby had died. MR admitted that he did not have time to see the condition of his son's body.

He received the baby's body from the hospital wrapped in cloth. MR, said the hospital, asked him to immediately bury the baby's body.

MR also buried his son's body at a public cemetery (TPU) in the Cilincing area.

After a day later, because he wanted to see the body of his son, the wife asked MR to reveal the baby's grave. MR also asked permission from the TPU to dismantle the tomb.

The TPU gave permission on condition that it did not go viral regarding the demolition of the tomb.

After being dismantled, MR and the other family were shocked to see the condition of the baby's body.

According to him, the body of the baby he buried was different from what was recorded in the hospital's medical record.

MR said the baby he buried was around 70-80 Cm high, while only 47 Cm in medical records was written.

He and his other family suspected that the baby he was buried was not 1 day old, but had been born for months.

"My baby is more than 47 cm long. So it can be up to 60-80 cm, bro. It's not a one-day baby," he said.

MR also went to the hospital to ask for an explanation. However, MR said the hospital denied that the baby was swapped.

MR also had mediated twice with the hospital. However, because there was no agreement, MR finally went viral after 3 months of the case rolling.

After the case went viral, the hospital went to MR at his workplace and promised to do a DNA test and bear all the costs.

"Yesterday the hospital came to my work. The main director was about to facilitate the cost of DNA testing," he said.

Meanwhile, there has been no official statement from the hospital regarding the viral incident.