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VIC:Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

A baby's death could have been avoided if a mother was transferred to hospital at the first sign of distress during her home birth.

Victorian coroner Dimitra Dubrow made the finding for the boy, known as Baby R, on Friday following an inquest into his death.

The infant died from perinatal hypoxia on August 25, 2022, six days after he was born via an emergency Caesarean at Bendigo Health in central Victoria.

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