Nursing Technician Freed After Alleged Attempt to Remove Newborn From DF Hospital

Overview

• The hospital’s security team stopped the employee at the main entrance after Saturday’s incident and called police, preventing the baby’s removal.
• Civil Police booked the 44-year-old on suspicion of taking a minor without bail at the police stage, then a Sunday custody hearing granted provisional release with limits on her movements and contacts.
• Iges-DF, which runs Hospital Regional de Santa Maria, suspended the worker and opened an administrative review for violating newborn security rules.
• Investigators report she gave conflicting accounts, first calling it a security “test” and later apologizing and citing personal problems, while her defense points to a history of severe depression and panic disorder.
• The newborn, only hours old during the attempt, has since been discharged with the mother, which the hospital credits to tight ID and access controls in the maternity unit.