Health Minister Jillian Skinner has again apologised to the families of two babies involved in a fatal oxygen mix-up at a western Sydney hospital, on the eve of the public release of the NSW's chief health officer's final report.
A baby boy died and a newborn girl suffered suspected brain damage after they were mistakenly given nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas", instead of oxygen at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in June and July this year.
"I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering caused to the families of the two babies," Ms Skinner said in a statement on Friday.
According to a statement released by NSW Health on Friday, the general manager of the hospital has been suspended following investigations.
It is the second suspension announced since the hospital's medical gas mix-up, after an engineer at the hospital was suspended earlier this month.
Ms Skinner added she fully supports the suspension of the general manager, who worked at the time the medical gas pipelines were incorrectly installed in the hospital in 2015.
The final report from NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant is due to be publicly released on Saturday, having allowed the families time to read through its contents.
