Baby dies after being injected with milk

Six staff members of a hospital in Rome were investigated Monday after a premature Filipino baby died when he was injected with artificial milk instead of saline solution.

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The staff members probed at the hospital included doctors, nurses and auxiliaries.

Italian Health Minister Renato Balduzzi ordered an immediate investigation after the seven-month-old baby boy named Marco received the fatal intravenous injection of milk in June.

Marco died June 29, two days after being injected.u00a0