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- The coroner warned that no national guidance on oblique-position births risks deaths.
- Baby Ted Stewart died after a severe brain injury from partial delivery in an oblique position.
- Parents Stacey and Dan said they were not told of the oblique position.
- A junior obstetric doctor recognized the oblique position but did not order an ultrasound.
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust apologized, acknowledging that an ultrasound could have saved Ted.
