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Family of young mother who died after missed UTI speak out

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Gia Lam died just three days after giving birth to her son, and a coronial inquest has since found her death was preventable, tied to a urinary tract infection that went undetected and progressed to sepsis. Her family is now speaking out publicly for the first time, ABC News reports. Sepsis, when it takes hold, can turn a treatable infection fatal within days.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-02/young-mother-died-...

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