A Philippine hospital has launched an investigation after
photographs of a newborn baby gagged with adhesive tape went viral online; with
the father a nurse told “Your baby was too noisy.”
His mouth covered with clear tape as he lay on a sheet. The
Cebu Puericulture Centre and Maternity House in the central city of Cebu told
AFP it was investigating a complaint by Ryan Noval and Jasmine Badocdoc that
they had found their five-day-old son at its nursery with his mouth taped over.
Noval wrote that the couple complained to hospital
authorities after they were told by a nurse: “Your baby was too noisy so I put
that over his mouth.”