Newborn baby dead, six in intensive care, after being fed ethanol

A 20-day-old baby died at the weekend and six more remained in intensive care on Monday after being fed ethanol while being treated at north Nicosia’s emergency hospital.

The baby, named as Mihrimah Toymuradov, had been born prematurely and was being incubated at the hospital. An autopsy carried out on Monday revealed that her death was caused by being fed ethanol, with the results set to be sent to Istanbul.

As news of the issue began to break, parents and other relatives...