Illinois mothers file lawsuit over babies switched at birth

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Story Created: Apr 13, 2008 at 4:42 AM EST

Story Updated: Apr 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM EST

MARION, Ill. (AP) — A pair of mothers who say medical workers at a southern Illinois hospital accidentally switched their baby sons last month have filed two lawsuits.

Attorney John Womick says he wants the court to file an injunction requiring Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion to investigate the incident.

Womick says the baby boys' identification information was apparently switched while staff prepared them for circumcisions at the same time.

Womick says both women suffered emotional and psychological injury.

A spokeswoman says the hospital regrets the circumstances.

The lawsuits name Heartland Regional Medical Center and its parent company, Community Health Systems Inc., of Franklin, Tenn.

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