MIAMI- A Florida family sued a hospital for malpractice on Wednesday, telling their baby suffered severe burns because it took too long to remove a coin-sized battery that she swallowed.

Parents Cole Parsons and Courtney Thorne said in a suit that Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville should have taken out the lithium battery within two hours, which is recommended by poison control center. They also sued Dr. David Smith, who they say downplayed the threats. The battery was removed about five hours after the parents arrived at the hospital, the complaint said.

Nineteen-month-old Ava-Kate Parsons has undergone 20 surgeries since she swallowed the battery March 10. Her mother was at home at the time and find as her daughter swallowed the coin battery that popped out of a remote control. She rushed to get it out, but it had gone down her throat, and she called 911.

The National Capital Poison Center, a nonprofit call centre, said more than 1,900 infants swallowed button batteries last year and there were 20 fatal or major incidents in infants younger than 6. Those batteries are may be in remote controls, calculators and other small devices.