AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of a young child who was only a few weeks old.
Finley George Elliot, of Hightown Hill, Ringwood, died in hospital on June 18, 2022.
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Senior coroner Christopher Wilkinson said that Finley, 22 weeks old, was taken to Southampton General Hospital after he was found unconscious.
Preliminary reports state that Finley died from Hypoxic lschaemic Brain Injury and an Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest of uncertain cause.
Mr Wilkinson adjoined the inquest at Winchester Coroner’s Court. A full inquest will be held on September 12, 2023.
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