Images of violence against babies shocked Türkiye. Nurse's punishment announced

The nurse who was tried for allegedly causing disability by inflicting violence on a five-day-old baby receiving treatment at Sütçü İmam University Health Practice and Research Hospital in Kahramanmaraş in 2021, was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison.

Detained defendant Hazel Dırık Bağrıyanık attended the hearing at Kahramanmaraş 10th Criminal Court of First Instance via Audio and Video Information System (SEGBİS). The lawyers of the parties were present in the courtroom.

In his defense, Bağrıyanık apologized to the baby, his family, and his colleagues, expressed his regret, and requested his acquittal.

In his opinion on the merits prepared in line with the evidence in the file, the public prosecutor requested that the defendant be punished for the crime of "intentional wounding".

The history of the event, which is on Türkiye's agenda, dates back to 2021. The incident took place five years ago in the Newborn Care Unit of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Health Practice and Research Hospital.

The woman named Sema Bozoklar gave birth to her daughter Deniz Esin. Blood would be taken from the baby, who was being treated in an incubator because he was underweight.

However, the nurse, who needed to establish an intravenous line, used violence against the baby for 14 minutes.

He hit the crying baby's head and squeezed its leg. The baby, who was very active in the first minutes, suddenly became still.

Later, when another nurse went to check, she noticed that Deniz Esin's leg was broken. When security camera footage was examined, violence was revealed.

During the trial initiated upon allegations of violence, nurse Hazel Dırık B., for whom an arrest warrant was issued by the Kahramanmaraş 10th Criminal Court of First Instance, was caught in the Dinar district of Afyonkarahisar and sent to prison.

As part of the ongoing case, the security camera records of the hospital were examined one by one by the expert.

It was reported that during the investigations, a new violent image of nurse Hazel Dırık B. emerged.

It was learned that the footage showed the moment when the nurse slapped another baby while she was putting him to bed. A separate investigation was launched by the prosecutor's office regarding the baby in question.