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William Ton and Rachael Ward

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

A healthcare provider has been charged over the death in hospital of new mum Sarah Skillington. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A hospital, whose staff did not properly check on a new mum struggling through psychosis before her death, has been charged with failing to prevent health and safety risks to patients.

Sarah Skillington had faced a difficult birth, experiencing anxiety in the days after delivery and had also suffered sleeplessness when she was admitted to Mitcham Private Hospital, in Melbourne's east, on November 18, 2023.

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