A viral video has sparked outrage after one woman revealed she unplugged her infant’s baby monitor so she could ask the nurses to get her a turkey sandwich.
Although the original video has been taken down by mom Allie Rae, screen recordings posted by other TikTok users appear to show her in the hospital holding her daughter and talking to the camera.
In the recording posted online, the mom filmed herself unplugging a monitor, which set off an alarm and caused a nurse to come in and check what is happening.
In a repost of one clip shared on social media, Rae claims NICU nurses told her to unplug one of her baby’s monitors if she needed anything – which she then demonstrated.
She then plugged the monitor back in when the nurse came into the NICU.
In a clip posted to YouTube, Rae told the nurse who hurried into the room that it’s ‘not an emergency.’
‘I was just going to see if you could bring me a turkey sandwich,’ the mom asked the healthcare worker.
The NICU nurse paused before replying, asking the mom if she wants to go take a break to get something to eat.
A viral video has sparked outrage, after revealing she unplugged her sick infant’s baby monitor, so she could ask the nurses to get her a turkey sandwich
According to user Tara Rose, the nurse who responded told Rae the monitor shouldn’t be tampered with when assistance is needed.
Rae claimed she did so because she didn’t want to put her baby down which would have made the tot ‘upset.’
Rose said he nurse handled it perfectly, telling her she could put the baby down and go eat and take a break, but reminded her not to abuse the services of the nurses.
In another clip which appears to be originally posted by the same woman, she unplugs to monitor again, to ask the nurse to hand her a drink in the same room.
In the clip, she roughly pulls apart the cord, which then lets off an alarm, saying she can’t get up because she’s holding her baby who is ‘hooked up.’
Many users chimed in pointing out that hospitals have a call button, used to summon hospital staff for non-urgent matters.
‘So why is there a call light in the room?’ questioned a user.
‘I called BS. My son was in special care and you were not allowed to disconnect anything. They’re not there to wait on your hand and foot,’ chimed in another parent.
In a clip posted to YouTube , Rae tells the nurse who comes into the room that it’s ‘not an emergency’
‘There is no nurse in this world that would say to unhook your baby,’ agreed another.
‘As a mummy of a NICU baby who was blessed to bring our baby home. Every time I heard the alarms my heart dropped. I feel for other parents in the NICU,’ shared someone else.
‘Good morning, I’m a former NICU nurse. A infant can drop their oxygen levels super fast, so it is important that baby is always monitored,’ commented someone else.
Many people have accused the mom of filming and posting the videos from the hospital to generate views
