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SINGAPORE – The death of a 15-day-old baby boy could have been caused by “unintentional suffocation” after his mother nodded off while breastfeeding him in September last year.
She woke up about 1½ hours later and found the infant unresponsive with vomit residue on his cheeks.
Baby Nor Eilshan Emran Muhammad Nor Aszroy was pronounced dead in hospital about two hours later at around 5am on Sept 1 last year.
In an inquiry last week into his death, State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam said there was no basis to suspect foul play in this case and added that his death was likely to have been the result of “unintentional suffocation”.
As the medical cause of Nor Eilshan’s death is unascertained, she said: “I am constrained to record an open verdict.”
The mother’s name was not revealed in court documents seen by The Straits Times.
The baby was born at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) on Aug 17 last year and a routine screening conducted that day revealed no abnormalities.
While still in hospital, the mother declined the nurses’ offer to teach her how to breastfeed.
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