Baby Ashleigh dies

2010-03-05 12:33

Johannesburg - Baby Ashleigh Louw died on Friday, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital clinical manager Dr Pungie Lingham said.

"Sadly, she has passed on," he said. "Our condolences go out to the family."

He said she died around midday but could not reveal the cause of death for privacy reasons.

"Baby Ashleigh was very ill and she's been in ICU [intensive care unit] under very intense management both medically and otherwise," said Lingham.

Ashleigh had an operation on January 17 after being born on January 9 with her heart outside her chest, covered only by a thin layer of skin.

The condition is known as Pentallogy of Cantrell which occurs in one in a million babies.

- SAPA