Anguish over baby’s foot

NST: Was 15-day-old Natasha Nadirah Yunus’s left foot accidentally amputated during a Caesarean section or was it naturally deformed?
Her anguished mother, Hasnah Abdullah, 36, claims she heard a commotion during the operation on Jan 22 which indicated that something had gone wrong during surgery.
"I heard a nurse suddenly say the baby’s leg had been accidentally cut and a commotion followed," she said.
Hasnah, who was partly anaesthetised in the 7.30pm operation, said this was all she remembered as someone immediately placed a gas mask on her and she slipped into unconsciousness.
When she awoke about 10pm, she saw Natasha, who suffers from a cleft lip, being brought into her room. Hasnah then noticed the infant had a bloodied stump on the left foot.
"I asked the nurse why the doctor amputated my baby’s foot but she told me that Natasha’s leg had been deformed at birth," she alleged.
"I refuse to believe her because I clearly heard what happened in the operation theatre. Something went wrong during the operation," Hasnah said, claiming that both her thumbs were inked for fingerprints when she was asleep.
The Thai national lodged a report at the district police headquarters after being discharged on Jan 25.
She wants Raja Perempuan Zainab 2 Hospital authorities to explain the situation.
Hospital director Dr Aeshah @ Zaharah Awang said she would investigate the matter.