Neonatology

The Turkish doctor at the center of an alleged fraud scheme that led to the deaths of 10 babies told an Istanbul court Saturday that he was a "trusted" physician.

Health care workers continued to deliver testimonies on the second day of a landmark trial closely followed across Türkiye, with their statements lying bare the harrowing extent of a social security fraud scheme that allegedly led to the deaths of 10 newborns.

In the opening trial on Nov. 18, an Istanbul court heard the testimonies of health workers accused of being part of a gang responsible for the deaths of 10 infants in an alleged scheme to defraud Türkiye's social security system.

The session at the Bakırköy Courthouse started later than planned due to the high number of observers wanting to attend the proceedings.

Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among 47 people on trial accused of causing the deaths of 10 infants as part of an alleged scheme to defraud Turkey's social security system.

The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him to the neonatal intensive care unit.

It was the last time Burcu Gokdeniz would see her baby alive. The doctor in charge told her that Umut Ali's heart stopped after his health deteriorated unexpectedly.

The prosecutor has sought over 500 years in prison for the ringleaders of a criminal syndicate in Istanbul, accused of unnecessarily placing newborns in intensive care units for financial gain, resulting in several infant deaths.

The investigation into the gang, first revealed in May, has concluded, and the Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has finalized the indictment.

A police report has been filed against 47 individuals, including 22 currently in custody, for conspiring with employees of the 112 Emergency Call Center in Istanbul.

The suspects, which include doctors and nurses, are accused of referring infant emergency patients to private hospitals in exchange for financial gains.

A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their anxious parents.

Three of the employees at the "Sheynovo" hospital in Sofia are subject to disciplinary sanctions because of the case of the swapped newborns who are not yet with their biological parents. These are the head of neonatology, the senior midwife and the doctor on duty.

Ljubljana – Slovenia is one of the leading European countries regarding newborn screening, experts said at a recent press conference ahead of today’s International Neonatal Screening Day, and stressed the importance of early detection of diseases.