{"id":32865,"date":"2020-10-22T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T15:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=32865"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T15:59:41","slug":"four-newborn-babies-die-after-being-denied-heart-surgery-due-to-covid-travel-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=32865","title":{"rendered":"Four Newborn Babies Die After Being Denied Heart Surgery Due to COVID Travel Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Australia: Four Newborn Babies Die After Being Denied Heart Surgery Due to COVID Travel Rules<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Interstate transfers to Melbourne blocked due to corona lockdown restrictions.<\/h3>\n<p>Paul Joseph Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32866\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/211020baby1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/211020baby1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/211020baby1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/211020baby1-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Four newborn babies in Adelaide, Australia have died after being denied life-saving heart surgery due to coronavirus travel restrictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adelaide is the only mainland Australian capital that doesn\u2019t provide paediatric cardiac surgery, therefore around 100 babies a year have to be sent interstate to receive treatment.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions imposed by the Australian government, transfers to Melbourne have stopped and the babies have to make a longer journey to Sydney instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObsetrician Professor John Svigos said four babies who had died in Adelaide in the past month had been unable to be transferred and would have \u201calmost certainly\u201d benefited from on-site surgery,\u201d reports\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/baby-health-cardiac-services-adelaide-push-after-several-deaths\/9f16f6cc-35c4-4491-b50b-382b2febbbf3\">9 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1318632532716457986&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F10%2F21%2Faustralia-four-newborn-babies-die-after-being-denied-heart-surgery-due-to-covid-travel-rules%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1318632532716457986\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Numerous health experts have warned that the impact of coronavirus lockdown measures is having a devastating impact on health, with untold deaths due to serious illnesses going untreated.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Germany\u2019s Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Gerd Muller, warned that lockdown measures throughout the globe will end up killing more people than the coronavirus itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect an additional 400,000 deaths from malaria and HIV this year on the African continent alone,\u201d Muller said, adding that \u201chalf a million more will die from tuberculosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muller\u2019s comments arrived months after a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/05\/12\/leaked-study-from-inside-german-government-warns-lockdown-will-kill-more-people-than-coronavirus\/\">leaked study<\/a>\u00a0from inside the German Ministry of the Interior revealed that the impact of the country\u2019s lockdown could end up killing more people than the coronavirus due to victims of other serious illnesses not receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/05\/26\/study-lockdown-will-destroy-at-least-seven-times-more-years-of-human-life-than-it-saves\/\">study<\/a>\u00a0found that lockdowns will conservatively \u201cdestroy at least seven times more years of human life\u201d than they save.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Richard Sullivan also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/04\/23\/professor-warns-cancer-deaths-due-to-covid-disruption-will-be-greater-than-deaths-from-coronavirus\/\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that there will be more excess cancer deaths in the UK than total coronavirus deaths due to people\u2019s access to screenings and treatment being restricted as a result of the lockdown.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article\">\n<div class=\"ad\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/health-and-wellness\/infowars-life\/brain-force?ims=megyt&amp;utm_campaign=pjwbanner&amp;utm_source=summitnews&amp;utm_medium=Banner&amp;utm_content=bfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.directus.libertycdn.com\/uploads\/_\/originals\/SupportMySponsor-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His comments were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/05\/07\/professor-economic-impact-of-lockdown-will-cause-more-deaths-than-coronavirus\/\">echoed<\/a>\u00a0by Peter Nilsson, a Swedish professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at Lund University, who said, \u201cIt\u2019s so important to understand that the deaths of COVID-19 will be far less than the deaths caused by societal lockdown when the economy is ruined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Professor Karol Sikora, an NHS consultant oncologist, there could be 50,000 excess deaths from cancer as a result of routine screenings being suspended during the lockdown in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/05\/08\/1-4-million-people-to-die-from-untreated-tb-due-to-coronavirus-lockdown\/\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that there will be 1.4 million deaths globally from untreated TB infections due to the lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>As we further previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/05\/05\/south-african-data-analysts-lockdown-will-lead-to-29-times-more-deaths-than-coronavirus\/\">highlighted<\/a>, a data analyst consortium in South Africa found that the economic consequences of the country\u2019s lockdown will lead to 29 times more people dying than the coronavirus itself.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/10\/21\/australia-four-newborn-babies-die-after-being-denied-heart-surgery-due-to-covid-travel-rules\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/10\/21\/australia-four-newborn-babies-die-after-being-denied-heart-surgery-due-to-covid-travel-rules\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia: Four Newborn Babies Die After Being Denied Heart Surgery Due to COVID Travel 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