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An Inquest is being held after a baby who was delivered by Caesarean section died a few hours after being delivered.

The baby was born at Royal Cornwall Hospital.

The Coroner has retired to consider his verdict.

Evidence has centred on the maternity unit at the time of her death.

The family believe that the baby's death was caused because of systematic failures at the hospital.

Coroner Andrew Walker listened to the last legal arguments of the hearing from all parties before adjourning the proceedings in Truro earlier this week.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust argued that a subsequent independent inquiry into her death had found there was no need for major changes at the hospital and that the inquiry had made a number of recommendations for improvements which had been acted on.

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