Authorities are working to establish whether a baby found dead at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital was stillborn or died after it was concealed in a bin soon after birth
Authorities are working to establish whether a baby found dead at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital was stillborn or died after it was concealed in a bin soon after birth
6 August 2021
The newborn was found within the hospital on Wednesday morning.
Police are limited in what they can say as their investigation is in its early stages.
The Herald's been told the infant was found in a toilet rubbish bin.
It's understood the mother had been taken to hospital by family members shortly before the baby was born.
A post-mortem was carried out yesterday.
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