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Middlemore Hospital maternity crisis: Baby deaths linked to lack of midwives, doctors and beds

Nicholas Jones
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Investigative Reporter·NZ Herald·
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Middlemore Hospital maternity crisis: Baby deaths linked to lack of midwives, doctors and beds
Women with babies have been shifted to Ward 21, to ease pressure on the maternity floor. Photo / Michael Craig
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A cluster of baby deaths and stillbirths at one of New Zealand's biggest maternity services has been linked to a lack of staff, beds and treatment delays. Nicholas Jones investigates what went wrong.

Babies died partly because there weren't enough midwives, doctors, beds and theatre slots at one of the

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