Baby from Wide Bay region dies waiting for bed: reports

QUEENSLAND Health Minister Cameron Dick has ordered an urgent investigation into reports a baby died while waiting for a bed at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital.

Mr Dick has ordered the health ombudsmen to investigate the death of a 12-week-old boy from the Wide Bay region who had been scheduled for life-saving lung surgery at Lady Cilento.

Mr Dick said he had been told the baby died while being forced to wait for the operation, due to a bed shortage.

The hospital, which opened only 11 months ago, has already been the subject of two independent reviews.

Both found major problems, but nothing that caused long-term harm to patients.

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