I read a spam-type email today with random facts, and one of the ones that shocked me said:
"On average, 12 newborns go home from the hospital with the wrong family daily." If this is a statistic for the United States, I have yet to find the information. But what I did find interesting was the following article designed to help you prevent baby-snatching.
Maybe I've been pampered living in a small mid-westernish town my whole life, but I've never seen so many people worried about things getting stolen. That would honestly be my only complaint about Santiago so far... a general distrust in one's fellow man. Everyone on the subway acts like everyone else is out to get them!
*Update on 8/1/11: the statistic is actually that 12 to 18 babies will get switched yearly. That is only 6-9 pairs of children.
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