The shocking incident occurred May 1 at the Hospital das Clinicas da UFMG, in the Santa Efigenia neighborhood of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state, Newsflash reported.
Ranielly Coelho Santos, 33, the mother of a 9-year-old girl, was hospitalized on April 28 and her labor was induced shortly before the unidentified obstetrician called the father to observe the birth more closely, according to the outlet.
The doctor put pressure on her belly, tried to remove the baby’s body quickly and “ripped off the child’s head,” the devastated dad told police.
He told investigators that he even saw the baby blinking and moving her mouth, which he said was proof she was alive at the time.
The gruesome death has made headlines across Brazil after the family, from Ribeirao das Neves, a municipality on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, filed a complaint to police. Santos, who was seven months pregnant, was admitted to Hospital das Clinicas in Belo Horizonte on April 24 due to high blood pressure and went into induced labor a week later.
Da Silva recalled seeing his daughter, Emanuelly, blinking her eyes just moments before he watched how the doctor decapitated her.
'By the time they pulled her, out she blinked, she was moving,' he said. 'Her little heart, before leaving, was beating.'
Da Silva said the doctors were pulling Emanuelly's head and instructed Santos to push.
'But she had no more strength,' he said. 'At the last moment they did that, a bunch of people came on top of her, held, held me. (They placed) a general anesthesia on her, she fainted, the child left (died), she was already fainting.'
According to the family, the doctor reportedly climbed on Santos' body before they 'ripped off the child's head.'
The couple confirmed that the hospital apologized for the botched delivery and offered to cover the funeral expenses.
They alleged that hospital also offered to provide a report from the medical examiner, but they chose to go to the police.
Family attorney Jennifer Valente said she is hopeful that the police investigation will show that the doctor made several mistakes while delivering the baby.
'She (Santos) said she was in a lot of pain,' Valente said. 'The doctor, in desperation, told her 'can I cut you?'. She took the instrument and cut her on both sides, without anesthesia, without anything. She has more than 60 stitches.'
The hospital issued a statement indicating it was looking into the incident.
'The Hospital das Clínicas (HC) da UFMG, administered by the Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares (EBSERH), deeply regrets the fact and sympathizes with the family at this time of mourning,' the statement read. 'HC and EBSERH are making every effort to for fact-finding and analysis of the case and support for the family.'
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