Coroner David Whittle criticises Adelaide health network for keeping baby’s death report secret

The South Australian Coroner has criticised the North Adelaide Local Health Network for claiming patient privilege and keeping an expert report into the 2016 death of a baby boy secret for almost four years.

David Whittle will next week hold a coronial inquest into the death of 29-day-old baby Levi Shane Vanin, who suffered a brain injury from a “hypoxic event” during his birth at the Lyell McEwen Hospital in November 2016.

He said gynaecology expert Alistair…