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Newborn baby's toe accidentally cut off by hospital worker
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Toe
Remove
Tag
Tip
Regret
A hospital employee accidentally cut off part of a newborn baby's toe while trying to remove a security tag, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.
Doctors reattached the part and were waiting to see if it healed properly, family members said.
Amirona Simmons was about to be released from Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children & Women on Monday when a hospital worker "nipped" the girl's baby toe, according to the girl's mother, Sheketa Simmons.
"When I looked, her toe was cut all the way off," Simmons said.
But hospital spokesman Joe Brown said only the tip of the middle toe was cut off.
"It is a very unfortunate accident and we regret that it happened," Brown said. "We're evaluating the course of action of what happened."
Questions
What do the following phrases mean?
- "A hospital worker "nipped" the girl's baby toe" means:
- "Amirona Simmons was about to be released" means:
- "It healed properly" means:
- "A very unfortunate accident" means:
- "We're evaluating the course of action of what happened" means:
Are the following statements about the text correct?
1. The worker cut off only a little part of the toe.
2. The baby is now without one toe.
3. The hospital did not apologize.
4. The baby was born without a toe.
5. The hospital worker wanted to cut the toe off.