# Córdoba hospital baby swap compensation

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/crdoba-hospital-baby-swap-compensation
> Updated: 2026-09-12T18:11:51.000Z. Sources: 12. Developments: 2.

A court in Córdoba, Argentina, has ordered the provincial government to pay compensation to victims of a hospital error that occurred in 1977. The error, involving a baby swap at a provincial maternity ward, affected multiple individuals, including two women raised by families other than their biological ones and a mother who raised a child not biologically her own.

The truth of the exchange was confirmed through DNA testing, which identified a woman born on the same day in the same facility. While the health center was part of the repressive circuit during the country’s last civic-military dictatorship, judicial findings noted that genetic evidence did not link this specific case to disappeared persons or the National Genetic Data Bank.

Judge Mariano Díaz Villasuso ruled that the province must pay between 25 and 30 million pesos, plus interest, to each of the three affected parties.

## Timeline

### 2026-09-12: Córdoba government to pay compensation after 50-year hospital error

A woman in Argentina discovered through DNA testing in 2021 that a hospital error in 1977 resulted in her being raised with the wrong infant, leading to a court-ordered compensation from Córdoba.

4 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/crdoba-government-to-pay-compensation-after-50-year-hospital-error

### 2026-09-08: Córdoba court orders compensation for 1977 baby swap

A Córdoba court ordered the Argentine state to pay millions in compensation to three women after a 1977 maternity ward error resulted in a baby swap discovered via DNA testing 46 years later.

8 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/crdoba-court-orders-compensation-for-1977-baby-swap

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