Man sues Chinese hospital for giving him to wrong set of parents
Victim takes legal action after DNA tests show Shanghai maternity unit made blunder shortly after he was born
A man in Shanghai is suing a hospital after he found out staff gave him to the wrong parents when he was born 28 years ago.
The man, surnamed Wang, was shown not to be the biological son of his mother after undergoing a DNA test in 2016. A previous test in 2011 also showed he has no blood relationship with his father, according to ThePaper.cn.
The hospital, Shanghai No 1 Maternity and Children’s Health Hospital, said in a statement last week that it would help to find Wang’s biological parents.
Wang and his mother – who was identified by the pseudonym Zhang Fang – asked for help from the hospital several times in the past.
It is thought that mix-up may have occurred when Zhang’s baby was taken away for tests. Hospital staff may have returned a different newborn.