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Rex Martinich

Newborn's fatal heart defect mistaken for lung disease

Meg Flaskett says her family hopes the inquest into Thea's death will provide some answers. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A newborn baby dying of low oxygen levels and a heart defect was treated by a pediatrician who thought the girl might have had a respiratory problem, a coroner has heard.

Thea Flaskett died at Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane, at 04:17am on September 11, 2023 a little more than four hours after she was born.

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