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Phew, what a scorcher! A BABY who came to the attention of child protection services died while sharing a bed with his mother, a report has found.
The Child and Family Agency (Tusla) has been criticised in a new report by the National Review Panel (NRP) on the circumstances of “Jack’s” death.
The infant was found dead hours after gardai called to the home to find both parents under the influence of drugs.
The postmortem indicated that the baby died as a result of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
The NRP investigates the death of children under the care of Tusla.
Jack was born prematurely and his mother used drugs during pregnancy and he was kept in hospital for an extra day after being born for toxicology tests.
FAILURE
The report found that the mother, called Kim in the report, had a history of anxiety and post-natal depression and had recently experienced the loss of a close family member.
The family was regularly visited by two Public Health Nurses (PHN) who referred them to the social work department (SWD) while Kim was expecting Jack.
The gardai notified the SWD that a few hours prior to his death they had found both parents under the influence of substances at the family home.
Baby Jack was sent to a relative for the night and Kim later joined him there. It appears that during the night, whilst he was in bed with Kim, Jack died.
The report found that the first referral by the PHN service was not noted and says: “As this report contained important information about Kim’s alleged drug use during pregnancy, an opportunity to intervene at that stage was missed”
Baby Jack died while co-sleeping with his mother and the report states: “This topic of safe sleeping had been discussed with Kim by the PHN service. However, neither the PHN service nor the social work service discussed Kim’s drug use with her in any depth, therefore the risks associated with co-sleeping and substance use were not highlighted.”
Dr Buckley also found: “The association between co-sleeping and SIDS may be greater following recent alcohol consumption or drug use by the parent or low birth weight or premature infants.
“This fact, albeit gleaned in hindsight, affirms the importance of considering all risks to the safety of children when their main carer is allegedly using drugs”.
Tusla was contacted for a comment but did not reply.