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Coronial investigation into baby boy’s death finds Queensland Child Safety Department ignored warnings

A coronial investigation into the death of an eight-week-old boy has revealed how Queensland’s Child Safety Department ignored crucial warning signs from medical experts before the infant died in his mother’s lap.
Key points:
- The boy was born at Logan Hospital in June 2015 with methadone and amphetamine in his body
- The family was known to the Child Safety Department due to the mother’s history of drug abuse
- The baby was found to have died of SIDS, and that it was highly likely mechanical asphyxia had occurred
The child — known as T — was born at Logan Hospital, south of Brisbane, in June 2015 with methadone and amphetamine in his body.
He was found dead less than two months later with his sleeping mother slumped over his body on the…
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