A newborn's death could have been prevented if a sleep pod was delivered 24 hours earlier, a Coroner has found. The death has led to a recommendation that funding is considered to give all mothers of newborn babies one of the safe sleeping pods at birth. A 1-month-old baby sleeping safely in a wahakura. Instead, he said pēpi-pods could not be funded in isolation because they needed to be provided with appropriate safe sleep messaging for māmā and whānau. The advice for safe sleeping continues to be avoiding all types of smoke, sleeping babies on their back, and on a flat surface with their faces clear.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 26, 2022 22:01 UTC