If the baby is leaving with just the father and discharge papers haven’t been signed, for all the hospital knows this could be a disgruntled father who’s having marital problems and a lawyer just waiting to sue on the mother’s part.
There’s surveillance video at the link. There’s a woman walking with him who looks to be the mom.
If that’s what they thought, which is ludicrous since the mother and the physician were present during the incident, then they should have called the police and let them handle it. Since when did nurses get the authority to restrict the movement of free persons in this country with physical force? I thought that was called false arrest, false imprisonment, or kidnapping.