‘You Have My Soul Mate and Now My Son’: Mother Died in Child Birth, Now Baby Dying

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5/17/2019|Updated: 5/17/2019

A “living miracle” baby who suffered brain injury while his mother died during childbirth in Florida will be taken off life support, his family said in a Facebook post on May 14.

Lauren Accurso, 37, died while giving birth to Matthew Jr. on April 29, and the baby’s since been battling for his life in a Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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