Czech parents to exchange babies

Two Czech couples whose babies were mixed up after hospital births 10 months ago have met to prepare for an exchange of their children.

The apparent hospital error came to light after one father thought his daughter did not resemble him.

DNA tests proved that neither he nor his wife could be the parents. The other couple is now also being tested.

The two couples are planning to sue the hospital, which has launched an inquiry to determine how the mix-up occurred.

Nikola and Veronika were both born on 9 December last year in a clinic in Trebic, 165km (100 miles) south of the Czech capital, Prague.

But several months after his daughter's birth, Libor Broza had a DNA test, because he thought Nikola did not look like him. The test was negative.

Tests on his partner Jaroslava Trojanova also showed that she could not be the mother.