A month-old baby has died due to aspiration after her mother fell asleep while breastfeeding.
The incident occured in Aa. Bodufulhadhoo on Tuesday morning. According to the President of Bodufulhadhoo Council, Sujau Adam, the mother fell asleep while nursing the baby lying down. When she woke up, she found that the baby had bled from her nose, and had vomited. The child was dead when she was brought to the hospital.
Speaking to AVAS, an official from Bodufulhadhoo Hospital said the baby had aspirated when milk flowed through her airway into her lungs. The baby was exlusively breastfed.
