Gasfitter charged over death of baby given wrong gas

A man allegedly responsible for a gas mix-up at a Sydney hospital has been charged with a newborn's manslaughter
Australian Associated Press

A gasfitter has been charged with manslaughter over the death a newborn baby who was given the wrong gas in a Sydney neonatal ward.

The baby died of severe hypoxaemia 57 minutes after he was born in operating theatre eight in Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in July, 2016.