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AN AUSTRIAN HOSPITAL has been ordered to pay €30,000 in damages for mixing up two babies nearly 30 years ago, even though one of them remains unidentified.
Doris Gruenwald, who was born in 1990, only found out a few years ago she was not biologically related to the couple she thought were her parents after she took a DNA test.
“Of course it was a huge shock for me and my daughter,” Evelin Gruenwald, who raised Doris as her own, told the Krone daily in 2016.
“But we knew from the start that nothing could separate us, that we would stay mother and daughter. This child is the best thing that ever happened to me.”
“For me it was definitely worse than for my mother,” Doris said.
My whole body started shaking. It was like the ground under my feet disappeared.
LKH University Hospital Graz said at the time of Doris’s birth no other baby girl was born with such a low weight as the premature Doris in its hospital.
The hospital has given no details on how the swap could have occurred, but said last year it was “making every effort” to solve the case, according to a report in the British Independent.
After finding out about Doris’s parentage, the hospital launched a program offering free DNA tests to the 200 women born in the hospital around the same time.
So far, only about 30 women have taken advantage of the tests and no match has been found.
Today’s court ruling was not final and can be appealed.
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April traffic last year was virtually non existent due to the first lockdown with all of europe pretty much shut down. Mostly repatriation flights…… There could only be an increase in April this year. Four times next to nothing is still next to nothing. Dublin Airport is still virtually dead with cargo and business jets making up a large chunk of arrivals and departures. Govt travel restrictions in full force.
@Paul Hedderman: big time, sure last week only had 5700 pax a day on average and next week over 7000 down from 100,000 a day. Still the point is no one could travel now or then bat essential reasons
@Scott Crossfield: 3300 transatlantic passengers in a month is crazy. 110 a day. Over 5/6 flights. 20ish per flight. Hope they all got bumped up business class!!
@Paul Hedderman: even with the blame Tony crowd he can’t be blamed for TA as not allowed into the USA apart for some reason
@Scott Crossfield: US presidential proclamation stopping entry of travellers.
@Scott Crossfield: the blame Tony crowd are clueless in fairness. Unless they are all Leo and Michael fanboys.
I don’t think the covid loving mob are ready to move away from the outdoor drinking yet so might be best to keep this article on ice for a few more days when they are ready move on to their next outrage.
@Dave Harris: the outdoor drinking “Covid loving mob”?
Is that the mob on South William St. or NPHET?
Just askin’ ‘cos either way you make no sense whatsoever !
@Dave Harris: “Covid loving mob” go away you simpleton
In other news …. water is wet
…but still 6 times lower than 2019. FFS !
Werent all the airlines closed last April –
4 times a really low number can still be a really low number …
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