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Twin Tragedy: Medical Failures Exposed | Auckland News
A grieving mother is speaking out after the tragic loss of one of her twin daughters and severe brain injury to the other, blaming inconsistent medical care across three hospitals. Carrying identical twins sharing a placenta—a high-risk pregnancy requiring close monitoring—she says alarming blood flow differences were detected at 29 weeks in Invercargill, only to be dismissed as non-existent after a scan in Auckland, sending her back to the South Island. At 33 weeks, after noticing reduced fetal movement, she rushed to Christchurch Hospital where one twin had died and the other suffered…
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