ESQUIMALT --
An Esquimalt couple is speaking out against Island Health after they claim their new-born baby suffered third-degree burns to his foot and ankle while being cared for at Victoria General Hospital.
Tracy Louie and Kenny Charlie welcomed their son, Kenneth, into the world on Dec. 10. It should have been an exciting time for the new parents, but after just three days, they claim their son was injured at the hands of a nurse.
“It should have never happened,” said mother Tracy Louie. “She should have known how to do her job.”
Louie says that the nurse was about to take some bloodwork when she wrapped a hot cloth around her son’s foot and ankle, and then covered it with a diaper for a couple of minutes.