Queensland minister says NSW woman whose unborn twin baby died was not denied healthcare
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The Queensland health minister, Steven Miles, has rejected claims the state denied a northern New South Wales woman healthcare, resulting in the death of an unborn twin.
A Ballina woman pregnant with twins wanted to give birth in Brisbane on Thursday but was told by northern NSW health officials she would have to go into 14-day hotel quarantine under Queensland's Covid-19 border rules.
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