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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.
The child is the sixth newborn to die unexpectedly during or soon after birth at the Western Sydney hospital in the…
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