Doctor drops premature baby on her head moments after birth

[Sugar Cookie]

A premature baby was dropped on her head moments after birth in a video from a Chandler hospital that a family posted on Facebook.

The video shows a newborn baby, Morgan, wrapped in blankets on a table in a hospital. The doctor lifts Morgan and holds her in one hand near the edge of the table as the blankets are removed from the table.


Morgan, who was born prematurely with her twin Madison, slips from the doctor's hand and lands head first, at least a ten-inch fall.

The other medical professionals in the room gasped and everyone reached for Morgan to prevent her from falling on the ground. The doctor spins Morgan, rubs her head and wipes her with a blanket.

For Monique and Derrick Rogers, Morgan's parents, the incident is a nightmare they can't forget.

"It traumatized me then, but having to relive this is not something I wanted to do," Monique said.

They say they are worried about possible head trauma and long term effects. They say it happened at Chandler Regional Medical Center in February, and that the doctor has not apologized.

"When he came into the room I said you dropped my daughter," Derrick told 12 News. "His initial reaction as nothing at first. He then asked to see the video. When I showed him the video he was speechless."

Monique says an ultrasound shortly after the baby’s birth showed that Morgan had a grade one hemorrhage, but it wasn’t clear if it was from the drop or because she had been born prematurely, as many twins are.

They say the doctor and hospital at least owes them an apology. The family says it is looking into possibly taking legal action but said it is not about money, but making sure this doesn’t happen again.

Family was recording birth when their baby was dropped on her head at a Chandler hospital

The doctor was holding the baby when she slipped from the doctor's hands, landing on her head on a table and nearly falling to the floor.

www.wzzm13.com

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Make it about the money. Your baby may need it.

 

[SimplySpaztastic]

Everyone is blaming the dr that dropped her, but what about the person who pulled the blankets away?
Watch that again. And again if needed.

I mean.. No one should ever drop a baby and honestly, I would absolutely lose my shit over it.. But to put the blame solely on that one doctor? I dunno... To me, it appears she was more so pulled out of the dr's hands, by the blanket, as the blanket was pulled away.

But holy shit. Poor baby Morgan was dropped literally MOMEMTS old. That should never ever happen. Ever.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

I would have been have been hysterical and totally lost my shit had it been one of my early birds!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

My problem is the way the doctor was described in the article- he came across very uncaring and willing to lie until he was confronted with a video and still did not apologize.

I wonder how many times something like that happens and the family never knows about it.

 

[Satanica]

I hope the baby is okay. That would've been so horrifying.

 

[tmdgirl]

I would have lost it if I'd seen a doctor or nurse drop my child....that being said, I certainly don't think it was done on purpose and I hope the hospital reviews and fixes their procedures in how they handle newborns.

 

[cubby]

yeah the doctor's reaction is what's concerning me. Acting as if he wasn't even there, until shown the evidence.

 

[Sinderella]

This is one of my biggest fears. I'm due in 3 weeks and I have nightmares about such things. Poor baby, I'd sue the fuck outta the hospital.

 

[Brillig]

Accidents do happen. I'm sure this was one of them. There isn't really a policy you can install that ensures that no accident will ever happen again.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Accidents do happen. I'm sure this was one of them. There isn't really a policy you can install that ensures that no accident will ever happen again.

The hospital has insurance the doctor and nurses carry insurance themselves for accidents just like this...

 

[62julietandvoid]

Everyone is blaming the dr that dropped her, but what about the person who pulled the blankets away?
Watch that again. And again if needed.

I mean.. No one should ever drop a baby and honestly, I would absolutely lose my shit over it.. But to put the blame solely on that one doctor? I dunno... To me, it appears she was more so pulled out of the dr's hands, by the blanket, as the blanket was pulled away.

But holy shit. Poor baby Morgan was dropped literally MOMEMTS old. That should never ever happen. Ever.

Yeah I noticed that. He shoots her a lil stank eye too. Too many people working on the baby, maybe.

 

[Fellofftheporch]

Has anyone ever actually watched how rough newborn babies are handled when they make their grand appearance into the world? Has everyone forgot how they used to spank em? It was an accident and probably happens all the damn time.

 

[62julietandvoid]

Has anyone ever actually watched how rough newborn babies are handled when they make their grand appearance into the world? Has everyone forgot how they used to spank em? It was an accident and probably happens all the damn time.

Lol yeah I heard a few pple say that they won't break and talk about how brutal delivery is on the baby whenever a newbie handles em with kid gloves.

 

[Babs]

My problem is the way the doctor was described in the article- he came across very uncaring and willing to lie until he was confronted with a video and still did not apologize.

I wonder how many times something like that happens and the family never knows about it.

That dr's reaction was slimey and speaks to his character...or lack thereof.

 

[Kiss_My_Axe]

On the one hand it did appear to be an accident and it probably happens sometimes. No one is perfect. However, he should not have been so sloppy as to hold a slippery, straight outta the vag, newborn with one hand and I agree with @SimplySpaztastic that the blanket pulled the baby out of his hands. Which, again, wouldn’t have happened if he’d had both hands on the baby. The baby did land on the crib mattress so I doubt there was any lasting damage. I’d have freaked out at that too though and it is pretty shady to not admit that it happened until after seeing the video.

 

[myra manes]

Family was recording birth when their baby was dropped on her head at a Chandler hospital

The doctor was holding the baby when she slipped from the doctor's hands, landing on her head on a table and nearly falling to the floor.

www.wzzm13.com

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That video has scarred me, that poor little muffin ..

 

[elmgems]

The doctor can't apologize, because that would mean admitting guilt if the family sues.

My 16yo daughter has both Autism and Cerebral Palsy. She had a very traumatic birth, resulting in the CP. We could have sued. We didn't. When she was diagnosed with CP, the doctor held her close and cried. He whispered over and over to her "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Her birth was so traumatic that he never delivered another baby.

He had called in a specialist while I was in labor and things were going wrong, but when my daughter came out grape-purple and stillborn (no breath, no heartbeat, APGAR of 0), she ran out of the room and left him to deal with us. He worked on my girl for an hour to get her breathing, crying and praying outloud, not caring who saw or heard. A nurse told us the specialist had told him to give up after they'd rolled her away to NICU and out of our hearing, but he didn't.

So we didn't sue, but his "I'm sorry" would have given us all the ammo we needed.

 

[Fellofftheporch]

I got $20 the baby turns out fine. It doesn't change the fact it happened or the fact it is disturbing.

 

[Sejanus]

Butter fingers.

Dr Asshole

 

[sgr1966]

This is probably one of many reasons a lot of hospitals dont allow filming births.

 

[notchback]

This is part of the reason none of our kids were born in a hospital.