Baby was found dead on motherâs lap. Child Safety had ignored details
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Queenslandâs deputy coroner has found the former Child Safety Department ignored key medical information in the lead-up to the separate deaths of two babies in 2015 and 2016 which could have saved their lives.
One, an eight-week-old Logan boy, was found with his mother slumped over him in her lap in August 2015 after an âincorrectâ assessment he did not need protection under the department.
The Child Death Case Review Panel would later state it was alarmed by the âpoor and completely inadequateâ response by the department in one of the cases.
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Coronial investigation into baby boy s death finds Queensland Child Safety Department ignored warnings
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FebFebruary 2021 at 9:42am
The child was found dead with his sleeping mother slumped over his body on the couch.
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A coronial investigation into the death of an eight-week-old boy has revealed how Queensland s Child Safety Department ignored crucial warning signs from medical experts before the infant died in his mother s lap.
Key points:
The boy was born at Logan Hospital in June 2015 with methadone and amphetamine in his body
The family was known to the Child Safety Department due to the mother s history of drug abuse