Morecambe maternity unit 'blamed for 30 deaths'

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Morecambe maternity unit 'blamed for 30 deaths'

Postby annie » 02 Mar 2015, 09:35

Morecambe maternity unit 'blamed for 30 deaths': Inquiry finds that scale of scandal was much worse than first feared
Up to 30 babies and mothers died at Furness General Hospital
Concerns first raised in 2008 when Joshua Titcombe died of infection
Baby should have been treated with antibiotics at hospital in Cumbria
New inquiry will conclude that neglect contributed to even more deaths


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Postby wendy » 02 Mar 2015, 11:37

such sadness, and it seems as if it was sometimes unnecessary.
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Postby maureenho » 02 Mar 2015, 15:32

That is terrible and such a high number of deaths.
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Postby Rosalind » 02 Mar 2015, 15:37

How sad and unnecessary.
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