Woman whose baby died at a Sydney hospital waited 50 minutes after emergency caesarean was called, staff say

Sydney’s Northern Beaches hospital does not staff theatres on weekends. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

A woman whose baby died after she was born in distress at Sydney’s Northern Beaches hospital had a vaginal birth 50 minutes after doctors called an emergency, according to staff present on the night.

The hospital’s policy states a caesarean should happen within 30 minutes of a category-one emergency being called.