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Jury rules baby died of natural causes despite nurse’s error in medical tube check

Jury rules baby died of natural causes despite nurse’s error in medical tube check
South China Morning Post Friday 17 July 2026, 09:27 UTC By Fiona Chow 1 min read
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The Coroner’s Court has ruled that a premature baby born at a Hong Kong public hospital died of natural causes, after an inquest into her death revealed that a tube delivering medicine had remained closed for 30 minutes despite repeated checks by staff. The baby girl, Angel Yu Pui-fei, was born in June 2023 at 27 weeks’ gestation at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit due to complications arising from her premature birth. The court earlier...

The Coroner’s Court has ruled that a premature baby born at a Hong Kong public hospital died of natural causes, after an inquest into her death revealed that a tube delivering medicine had remained closed for 30 minutes despite repeated checks by staff. The baby girl, Angel Yu Pui-fei, was born in June 2023 at 27 weeks’ gestation at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit due to complications arising from her premature birth. The court earlier heard...
Hong Kong (LOCATION) Angel Yu Pui-fei (PERSON) Prince of Wales Hospital (ORG) Sha Tin (PERSON)
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