AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2011
QLD:Mum sues after accidentally smothering baby
An exhausted young mother who accidentally smothered her newborn daughter after being
left unattended to breastfeed is suing the Queensland government for 600-thousand dollars.
BELA MADDISON LEE HEIDRICH died at Rockhampton Hospital on February 28 .. 2008 .. just
hours after her birth.
According to documents lodged in the Supreme Court in Brisbane .. her mother ZELIA
BLOMFIELD had undergone a difficult and painful labour .. and had been awake for more
than 24 hours when she gave birth to BELA.
Ms BLOMFIELD claims a midwife positioned her to breastfeed on her side in bed and told
her it was okay to fall asleep.
She woke an hour later to find BELA was blue and cold.
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KEYWORD: BLOMFIELD (BRISBANE)
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