Why? Kidnapping! (Not only by strangers but disgruntled fathers and family.)
About 7 years ago a woman wearing scrubs walked into a Salt Lake City, Utah, hospital, and took a baby from a bassinet. She told the mom that she was taking the baby for medical tests. Instead, she walked right out of the hospital with the newborn. Thankfully the woman was somewhat mentally ill, and was found with the infant wandering around in a nearby supermarket.
When I went to visit my daughter, it was like breaking into and out of Ft. Knox! And....When my grandchildren were discharged they were required to leave with their mother, in a wheelchair, accompanied by a nurse, and name bands on both my daughter and her infant were carefully checked by hospital security stationed at the entrance to the maternity unit.
I would bet my entire 401 K that taking a newborn out for a stroll outside is not part of the kidnapping prevention protocol of this hospital.
Our local maternity ward has a buzz in system and all the babies were bands that have the same chip they use for shop lifting that makes the alarm sound if one f taken from the area without the tags being deactivated.They put this system in years ago when they realized the hospital is about 5 minutes from I-70.
Our local maternity ward has a buzz in system and all the babies wear bands that have the same chip they use for shop lifting that makes the alarm sound if one f taken from the area without the tags being deactivated.They put this system in years ago when they realized the hospital is about 5 minutes from I-70.
I doubt that “lunging” is part of the protocol, either.