The Washington Post, April 21st, 1991
Baby Boy B. died on Nov. 11 without ever leaving Greater Southeast Community Hospital. He had spent his 12 days of life in an incubator on intravenous feedings and a ventilator. When he died, he weighed 1 1/2 pounds. Unfortunately, Baby Boy B.'s death was not unusual; he was the 33rd infant born at Greater Southeast to die in 1990. More than 250 infants died in Washington last year within four weeks of birth due to medical problems associated with premature birth. For two decades, the District's infant mortality rate has been among the worst in the nation. It is now the third worst, only sligh...
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