In Austria, after 35 years, the case of the babies swapped in the maternity hospital has been solved 0 18

Grünwald and Baumgartner were born in October 1990 at the LKH-Uniklinikum hospital in Graz. Both were premature. Shortly after the birth, the two infants were accidentally swapped and given to the parents of another family.

In 2012, Grünwald discovered that she was not the biological daughter of her parents when she became a blood donor and realized that her blood type did not match that of her mother.

Jessica Baumgartner, who grew up in the Derler family, found out that her blood type did not match that of her parents when she became pregnant. It was then that she learned from a doctor at the clinic in Graz about the baby swap.

The women initially found each other on Facebook, and recently Austrian television aired a meeting of the Grünwald and Baumgartner families with their biological daughters.

Doris Grünwald's family decided to officially adopt her to resolve potential inheritance issues and seek compensation from the maternity hospital. The Derlers are also formalizing their parentage over Jessica and plan to seek compensation from the clinic.

Gebhard Falzberger, the operational manager of LKH-Uniklinikum in Graz, apologized to both families and expressed deep regret that "this mistake was made."

In 2022, it was reported that a court in the Italian region of Apulia awarded 33-year-old Antonella 500,000 euros in compensation for being swapped at birth in the maternity hospital and given to a couple who mistreated the girl and then abandoned her.