A female nurse surnamed Wu at the National Armed Forces General Hospital took a bath for a baby girl who was born that day in the evening of May last year, causing burns on 25% of the baby girl's body surface. The Shilin District Prosecutor's Office charged Wu with negligent injury.

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[Reporter Zhang Wenchuan/Taipei Report] A female nurse surnamed Wu of the Armed Forces General Hospital was in the neonatal isolation ward of the hospital on the evening of May last year, bathing a baby girl who was born that day, but she did not notice that the water temperature was too high, causing the baby Ying suffered second-degree burns on the lower body from the legs to the buttocks, covering 25% of the body surface. The Shilin District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted Ms. Wu for the crime of negligent injury.

The indictment pointed out that the baby girl was born at about 10:00 am on May 19 last year. The nurse surnamed Wu helped the baby girl take a bath at 5:00 pm that day, but put the baby girl into the tub without paying attention to the high temperature of the water , the baby girl burst into tears, and Wu Nv realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly took the baby girl out of the tub, resulting in superficial to deep 2-degree burns on the baby’s legs, buttocks, and perineum, accounting for 20% of the body’s surface area. 25%.

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The mother couldn't hide her anger. In August last year, she started her Facebook group with "Heartache + Anger", telling that after giving birth to a baby girl at the Neihu General Hospital of the Tri-Service General Hospital in Taipei, she was notified by the hospital a few days later that the baby was bathing. The skin on the buttocks was almost completely peeled off. The nurse also emphasized that "after putting the hot water, add cold water." She questioned "it was simply forgot to put cold water." Explanation to the outside world".

The baby girl's parents couldn't bear the pain of the baby's first day of life, and angrily accused the nurse surnamed Wu, the head nurse surnamed Zeng, and the attending pediatrician surnamed Lin for negligent injury. Nv Wu confessed her fault, and Lin and Zeng denied the crime.

The doctor surnamed Lin confessed that he was the attending physician to take care of the baby girl after the baby was scalded, and that the accident was not caused by him; the head nurse surnamed Zeng said that she had applied to the hospital for discharge in January last year, The attending physician believed that she had rich clinical experience, so she was added to the medical team and parents' social software groups. In fact, she did not participate in the medical care of the baby girl.

Prosecutors determined that although Ms. Wu confessed to the crime, as a nurse, she should have the obligation to take care of the newborn. When she engaged in the nursing behavior of bathing the newborn, she did not pay attention to properly adjust the water temperature in the bathtub, causing the baby girl to be injured. Injury prosecution.

As for the doctor and the head nurse, based on the nursing records and medical records, the prosecution believed that the statements of the doctor surnamed Lin and the head nurse surnamed Zeng were credible and the suspicion was insufficient, so they were not prosecuted and punished.