For New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally, it is severely unacceptable that there have been many mix-ups at public hospitals related to new mothers being given the wrong baby to breastfeed.
It has been uncovered that there have been 20 plus such cases over the past three years.
She posts that new rules have been into effect since March that make it compulsory for babies to be kept with their mothers in their rooms unless there is a sufficient clinical reason preventing it.
"I can understand how distressing this situation must have been for those mothers who were involved," she added. "It is unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable. And this is why in March this year NSW health put in place new procedures that seek to prevent this from happening."
In addition, the NSW Health Department has initiated steps to reassure the public after the revelations cropped up.
The Health Department's Dr Michael Nichol reveals that no instances have been witnessed till date of it happening again since the new rules took its form.
“Prospective mothers need to be reassured firstly because these are uncommon events," he further quoted.