‘Health policy failure’: Coroner says baby who was ineligible for Medicare fell through the cracks
Siya Patel, who died of malnutrition complications, was ineligible for a Medicare-funded postnatal review.
A newborn who died from malnutrition complications was ineligible for a Medicare-funded domiciliary review through the hospital where she was born and fell through the cracks in the health system, a coroner has found.
Siya Patel, aged 23 days when she died, took an “unconventional” healthcare pathway where a GP clinic was responsible for the first newborn review.
