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Health bosses forced to apologise following death of newborn baby in Highland hospital

19th March 2016

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Health chiefs in the Highlands have been forced to apologise after a newborn baby died.

The girl died of the e.coli sepsis infection just 40 hours after being born at Caithness General Hospital in Wick.
The tragedy in September sparked a major review, and prompted NHS Highland to lower the threshold for sending expectant mothers to the more advanced paediatric facilities at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

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