Emilie Munson | Times Union, Albany, N.Y.

Albany, N.Y. — A mother is suing Albany Medical Center after the death of her month-old baby in April, claiming her loss was “entirely avoidable.”

Shamaya Jackson, 35, who lives in Albany, said her daughter, Milani Finch, was deemed healthy at her one-month pediatrician visit, but days later she was dead. Albany Medical Center, where she was treated, is a level one trauma center that cares for the region’s sickest and most acute patients.

According to her complaint filed Friday, Jackson brought her baby to Albany Medical Center’s pediatric emergency room three times in April due to concerns that she was having trouble breathing. During the first trip, before the pediatrician visit, Milani was discharged with “a lack of answers,” the complaint al

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