[사회][제보는Y] Baby bottle in newborn baby’s mouth …

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So-called “self-feeding”, in which newborns are fed a bottle of powdered milk, can cause suffocation and is strictly prohibited by law.

The mother was confirmed to have been caught while ‘self-feeding’ in the newborn’s room of a famous obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Seoul.

The hospital resigned the employee and apologized to the parents, but the mothers’ anger has not subsided.

Report from reporter Kim Woo-jun.

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A women’s hospital located in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.

It is a large 8-story hospital equipped with a postpartum care center that includes obstetrics and gynecology.

[인근 주민 : 손님 많아요. 여기 깨끗하더라고요. 아주 좋더라고요. (산모들에게도 유명하고요?) 네네.]

The ‘self-feeding’ took place on the 22nd of last month in this hospital, which is often visited by pregnant women.

A mother who visited the newborn baby’s room at around 11 p.m. found that a bottle of milk was placed in the newborn’s mouth, who could not adequately control his limbs.

The person who bit a newborn’s bottle was confirmed to be a nursing aide who was on duty during the night.

[병원 관계자 : 야간 전담을 하던 직원이 있었거든요. 직원이 잠깐 일손이 부족하다 보니까…. 중간중간 봤지만, 요즘 이슈라 하면 안 됐는데, 그때 어머니가 딱 보신 거예요.]

The mother who witnessed the self-feeding scene raised a problem with the hospital and the hospital initiated a self-investigation.

As a result of reviewing the CCTV installed in the neonatal ward for a month, it was revealed that the nursing assistant was feeding herself twice as much as the mother captured.

[병원 관계자 : 갑자기 몰릴 때가 있거든요. 그때 잠깐 일어난 일들이고. (간호조무사가) 다 이거 사죄 다 드리고, 그분도 책임지고 관두겠다….]

The other mothers who used the hospital were surprised by the news.

I paid about 2 million won a week, and since I only believed in the direction of the hospital, I even heard a feeling of betrayal.

[병원 이용했던 산모 : 산모들은 비싼 돈 내고, 가도 안전할 거로 생각하고 맡겼는데, 이런 일이 있다고 생각하니까 소름 돋고, 그게 우리 아이도 당했을 거로 생각하면 정말 끔찍합니다.]

“Self-feeding” is especially fatal for newborns, when a bottle is put in the mouth so the infant can eat formula alone.

Experts note that babies under 100 days old who do not have the ability to control how much and how fast they eat can cause choking.

[진주현 / 국민건강보험 일산병원 소아청소년과 교수 : 우유가 계속 기도로 흘러들어 가서 흡인성 폐렴이나 질식이 발생할 수 있고, 이에 대한 대처가 제대로 되지 않으면, 심한 경우 아기가 사망하거나 저산소성 뇌 손상으로 장애가 남을 수 있습니다.]

The Maternal and Child Health Law Enforcement Decree, revised earlier this year, strictly prohibits “self-feeding” and, if violated, a fine of less than 2 million won is imposed.

YTN Kim Woo-jun[[email protected]]is.

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