The parents of Jahxy Peets, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died months later, are suing an Orlando hospital, saying the facility tried to hide how their daughter’s neck was broken in the NICU.
After Gianna Lopera gave birth to Jahxy at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, she was intubated and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in June 2022, according to the lawsuit filed Oct. 17 in Orange County, Florida. Jahxy was 24 weeks old when she was born.
A health care provider at the hospital is accused of breaking Jahxy’s neck when handling her about two weeks later, then returned Jahxy to her incubator with a broken neck without alerting staff, the complaint says…