Mother of newborn who died in Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital gas mix-up speaks out

By Megan Levy
Updated July 26 2016 - 11:22am, first published 7:06am
Sonia Ghanem's newborn son, John, died in hospital after he was given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen. Photo: Channel Nine
Sonia Ghanem's newborn son, John, died in hospital after he was given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen. Photo: Channel Nine

The devastated mother of a newborn boy who died when he was mistakenly given the wrong gas at a Sydney hospital has described how she held her baby's lifeless body and urged him to "Wake up, wake up".

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