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AN inquest has opened into the death of a 9-month-old who died in hospital.
Little Dharshika Dhondi, of Parsonage Road, died at Southampton General Hospital on May 24, 2023, a court heard.
An inquest was opened into her death by area coroner Nicholas Walker on Friday, December 6.
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Mr Walker said the infant was taken to hospital on May 24, 2023, in a state of cardiac arrest. Despite efforts, she died later that day.
A preliminary cause of death has been given as a craniocervical injury, an injury to the base of the skull.
Mr Walker adjourned the inquest to take place in Winchester on May 2 next year.
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