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Health minister stops short of requesting coronial inquest into baby's death
Key takeaways
- Baby Willow Katarina Horne died after being admitted to the emergency department at Kalgoorlie Health Campus.
- WA's health minister says she would welcome a coronial inquest into the death of an eight-month-old baby at Kalgoorlie's hospital last year.
- A clinical review found several opportunities to improve her care but identified no medical negligence, with a difficult-to-diagnose heart illness considered the likely underlying cause of death.
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Baby Willow Katarina Horne died after being admitted to the emergency department at Kalgoorlie Health Campus. (Supplied)
WA's health minister says she would welcome a coronial inquest into the death of an eight-month-old baby at Kalgoorlie's hospital last year.
A clinical review found several opportunities to improve her care but identified no medical negligence, with a difficult-to-diagnose heart illness considered the likely underlying cause of death.
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