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flag A gas fitter pleaded guilty to negligence in a 2015 hospital error that gave a newborn nitrogen instead of oxygen, causing death.

flag A gas fitter, Christopher Laurie Turner, pleaded guilty to failing health and safety duties in the 2015 death of a newborn at Bankstown Hospital, where the infant received nitrogen instead of oxygen due to mislabeled medical gas pipelines from the 1990s. flag Errors during a 2015 upgrade, including falsified test sign-offs, led to the fatal mix-up. flag Turner was fined $100,000 in 2021. flag The company BOC Limited was cleared after a judge found Turner and a hospital employee falsely certified tests that were never done. flag The incident prompted New South Wales to require specialized licenses for medical gas system installations.

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