Bungled medical treatment at a rural Victorian hospital may have led to the deaths of three newborns, the state coroner has found.

The children's care was mishandled in near-identical ways at the Bacchus Marsh and Melton Regional Hospital and all three died soon after birth.

Mishandled medical treatment at Bacchus Marsh Hospital may have led to the death of three newborns, the state coroner has found.

On Wednesday the state coroner handed down damning findings about the hospital's treatment of the newborns.

Hospital management admit "the deaths of the babies might have been prevented".