The woman had been told that one of the twins had a congenital heart defect which would require years of operations - if he survived at all. The sick baby shared the womb with his healthy twin.
The mother had made the agonising decision to have the sick baby injected to end his life.
Mix-up: Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne where the wrong foetus was aborted
But the wrong baby was injected, terminating the healthy pregnancy.
Following the tragic mistake at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne the mother then had an emergency caesarean section in which the sick child was terminated in a three hour operation.
Last night the hospital apologised for the ‘distressing clinical accident’, which is now the subject of a full investigation.
A friend of the woman told Melbourne’s Herald Sun that the family was struggling to cope with the mistake.
‘She went to the hospital with two babies and now she has none,’ said the friend.
‘She had the heartache of giving birth to her sick baby. She’s traumatised.’
The friend said the hospital had explained that it had followed correct procedure ‘but how could this happen?’
The ultrasound clinician, said the friend, had said she checked three times before the termination because she didn’t want to make a mistake.
The paper said the woman’s husband, a nurse, a doctor and the ultrasound clinician - who was reportedly inconsolable as a result of the error - were in the room at the time the injection was given to the wrong baby.
The family are believed to be considering legal action. Victorian Health Minister David Davis described the event as an ‘absolute tragedy for all concerned.’
A spokeswoman for the hospital said: ‘This is a terrible tragedy and the hospital is deeply sorry for the loss suffered by the patient and her family.’
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