BISMARCK (AP) -- Officials at Williston's Mercy Medical Center say procedures have been changed after the parents of a newborn went home with the wrong baby.
Mercy Chief Financial Officer Kerry Monson said a baby's movement is logged each time it is taken from a bassinet for changing and feeding. She said babies are not allowed to leave the hospital until a wristband is double-checked against paperwork.
The hospital said a baby was sent home with the wrong parents in September but the mistake was discovered within an hour and the parents were reunited with the correct child.
Monson would not identify the families involved.
