Skip to main content

NM mom may sue hospital after baby son's pinky toe is accidentally cut off

By New York Daily News  
   January 15, 2016

A New Mexico mom may sue a hospital that mistakenly cut off her baby son's pinky toe. Little Davante Hogue is just 8 months old and has faced repeated medical procedures since he was born prematurely alongside twin brother Delante. Now, his devastated mother Erica has revealed that a nurse at the University of New Mexico Hospital accidentally severed her son's toe during treatment. "It just makes me angry that something like this could happen," she told KOB 4 News. Davante has remained in hospital since his April 2015 birth due to a "stage-3 brain bleed," which means he may never walk, talk, see or hear.

Full story

Tagged Under:


Get the latest on healthcare leadership in your inbox.