Two women face court charged with manslaughter after home-birth death of NSW baby | Midwifery

Two women who were assumed by the police were accused of being unregistered with unintended death after the death of a child after birth on the house on New South Wales The middle of the northern coast.

The 41 -year -old women at the Cofus Harbor Court on Wednesday regarding the death of a newborn boy in 2022.

The New South Wales police said in a statement that emergency services were called to a house in Karangi, northwest of Cofus Harbor, when the child was not responding after birth on September 11, 2022.

The paramedics treated the child before being transferred to the Coffs Harbour Base Hospital, where he died.

Police claim that the younger woman was unregistered at the time of birth, while the older woman was carrying medical qualifications and did not exercise the unregistered function.

On February 11 this year, investigators arrested the 41 -year -old at Crescent Head and 51 -year -old in Dorrigo. They were transferred to the local police stations and were directed to him by wrongful killing.

They were granted on bail before appearing before the court on Wednesday, where the matter was postponed to the same court on May 13.