‘Jay-Z is hands-on dad to newborn daughter’

Recent reports have suggested that the new mum and dad have splashed out on a £30,000 crib for Blue Ivy in the shape of a Cinderella carriage. Then, state health officials have dismissed complaints that patients in a hospital neonatal unit were mistreated while Beyoncé was there giving birth to her and Jay-Z’s daughter. They […]

Recent reports have suggested that the new mum and dad have splashed out on a £30,000 crib for Blue Ivy in the shape of a Cinderella carriage.

Then, state health officials have dismissed complaints that patients in a hospital neonatal unit were mistreated while Beyoncé was there giving birth to her and Jay-Z’s daughter. They had received two complaints about Manhattan’s Lenox Hill Hospital, one made anonymously, the other from someone who had learned about the matter through the media, a health department spokesman said. Officials reviewed the complaints and dismissed them Wednesday night, spokesman Jeffrey Gordon said without elaborating.

The hospital, a popular choice for the rich and famous from late philanthropist Brooke Astor to “30 Rock” star Tina Fey, said it was conducting its own probe. Beyoncé gave birth at the hospital on Saturday.

Media reports said Beyoncé and Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, paid $1 million to take over a floor and their security guard blocked parents from the neonatal unit for hours. The hospital denied the reports, saying the couple paid the standard rate for an executive suite without disclosing what that is.

One new mother, Rozz Nash-Coulon, said that her twins, born Dec. 28, were in the neonatal unit and, starting Friday, intense security measures made it a struggle to see them as guards directed hallway traffic. “Once they checked in there was high security everywhere,” she said Monday. “It looked like the president was on our floor. The hospital’s security cameras were taped over. Internal windows from the hallways into the ward were blacked out.”

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