State investigates if baby given wrong breast milk

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The state is investigating a complaint by a West Lafayette mother that workers at a church day care mistakenly fed her breast milk to the wrong baby.

WRTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/10tDhwS) Cindy Harris says she was contacted by Dayspring Daycare and Preschool Ministry two weeks ago saying the milk intended for one of her 11-month-old twins was fed to another child. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration spokeswoman Marni Lemons says the agency is investigating.

The daycare issued a statement saying the breast milk had not been labeled correctly, saying it was labeled only with an initial and fed to a child whose first name began with the same initial.

Harris says the daycare facility asked her to undergo a slew of medical tests for diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.

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Information from: WRTV-TV, http://www.theindychannel.com/index.html