A physician allegedly performed surgery on the wrong baby at University Medical Center in Lebanon, Tenn., according to CBS News.
Here are four things to know:
1. The physician is accused of performing a frenulectomy on the newborn without the parents' signed consent. The procedure was intended for another child.
2. The procedure is intended for infants who have a condition prohibiting the tongue for its full range of motion. However, the newborn had a normal tongue.
3. The newborn's mother is concerned her child will have speech or eating problems.
4. University Medical Center refused to comment on what specifically happened.
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