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Concerns for sick two-day-old baby boy taken from Auckland's Middlemore Hospital

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Update: the missing woman and her baby have been found. Read more here

Police have concerns for a missing newborn baby who is understood to have been was taken from a south Auckland hospital by his mother.

Officers are asking for help to locate the two-day-old boy, who was removed from Middlemore Hospital but requires urgent medical assistance.

Detective Senior Sergeant Malcolm Hassall said the boy was believed to be with his mother, Dorothy Opetaia. He said the mum and baby were likely to be in the south Auckland area.

"I'm appealing for Dorothy or any family members to take the baby to any hospital straight away, delaying medical attention could cause him to become seriously ill."

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