A teenage mum was horrified to discover she had been given the wrong baby in a horrific hospital blunder.
The 17-year-old, who has not be named, carried out a DNA test at a private clinic after the babies' identity bracelets were mixed up.
She and her family are now demonstrating outside the hospital in the city of Barranca in Peru, demanding action to obtain her real child.
The mother says her baby was swapped with another after she gave birth in hospital in February.
She believes the swap happened after the newborn babies were taken to a bath and their identification bracelets were apparently mixed.
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The teen's first DNA test confirmed that the baby she was taking care of was not hers, according to local media.
The hospital's director Richard Solano reported the case to prosecutors who will start an investigation.
The Ministry of Health explained in a press statement that the mothers and the babies will undergo a DNA test, stating: "The cost of the tests will be paid by the Health Department."
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While the vice minister of the Public Health Department Neptali Santillan said that they are trying to keep the families calm but admits there is a possibility the babies were mixed up in the hospital.
He said: "We want each girl to be with the parents they belong with."
The new mum is taking care of the baby girl who she claims is not hers, saying: "I took her to my house because I thought it was my baby and I keep taking care of her as if she was my daughter, but she is not, my baby was taken somewhere else."
