The NSW government will fast-track compensation for the family of a baby who was mistakenly given a laughing gas at a southwestern Sydney hospital.
Baby Amelia Khan was left with permanent brain damage after she was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen at Lidcombe-Bankstown Hospital in June.
Her parents broke their silence about the gross error on Tuesday, saying their daughter constantly suffers seizures and requires a high level of constant care.
"She will always have to live with the consequences of what was done to her at the hospital," Benish and Danial Khan said in a statement.
Premier Mike Baird has promised to expedite the compensation process for the Khan family.
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NSW Health is also in contact with the family's lawyers to progress an early interim payment.
Another baby, John Ghanem, died in July in a similar mix-up at the same hospital.
The hospital's general manager and acting director have been stood down and an investigation is under way into both incidents.
A preliminary report pointed to "a series of tragic errors" at the hospital including incorrect installations of gas pipelines, flawed testing and significant clinical and management failures.
