Thread from sock caught around babies toe compromising circulation?

Question:

On Tuesday I noticed my 12 week old daughters small toe was very swollen and red. On investigation I found that there appeared to be something very fine around her toe. I removed what appeared to be a fine white thread. I looked at the inside of her socks and found that the thread had come from them and there were numerous threads that could come away easily. The thread had wrapped around her toe and was compromising the circulation and caused the toe to swell 3 times its normal size. I took her to the doctors who sent her to Yorkhill sick kids hospital. She had to undergo surgery under a general anaesthetic to revive the circulation in her toe. Apparently this has happened before and the hospitals have policies on clothing they put on babies because of this. I am thinking about taking this further and have been doing various searches to find out guidelines on clothing and any cases of this before but cannot find anything. So I am asking if anyone can help with any ideas?

Answers:
Trading standards are the people to talk to. If its dangerous they need to know

That sucks. I advise against paying for any legal action or anything as fo yet, you'd be better off giving a good amount of research into it first.

Maybe look into past cases and the hospital policy to start.

i dont really knw. think the trade industry has something to do with it i think. go to ur local council office or town hall and speak to sum1 in the trade department i think. and sorry to hear about ur daughter. its sad that. just what can a thread do? im sorry to hear that. never heard it beforepersonally but shocked i am. hope her foot/toe gets better.

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