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Investigation underway after sixth baby in two years dies at Blacktown Hospital
An investigation is underway after the death of a baby at Blacktown Hospital in Sydney’s west, the sixth baby to have died at the facility in two years.
Key points:
- The hospital said it was fully staffed at the time of the death
- Hospital officials have met with the family and expressed their condolences over the death
- It comes months after 20 senior doctors threatened to resign over understaffing
Blacktown Hospital has described the baby’s death on Friday as a “tragedy”, but it says the cause of death is not yet clear.
In a statement, the hospital expressed its condolences to the family, which was receiving bereavement support.
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