Failure in GPs’ communication contributed to baby’s death
An emergency caesarean would probably have been performed earlier if there'd been a better handover between the two GPs: SA coroner
Better communication between two rural GPs could have helped prevent the death of a newborn baby, a SA coroner has found.
The infant girl died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to intrapartum hypoxia, two days after her emergency caesarean birth.
