'They should have come and checked the baby out': Inquest hears of doctors delays in seeing tragic premature baby who later died
25.04.2022 - 21:55
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An on-call paediatrician did not assess a premature baby but instead told a concerned midwife to "put a sleepsuit on" him when she raised concerns that his temperature was still extremely low despite time in an incubator.
Kingsley Olasupo was born prematurely at Royal Bolton Hospital on April 8, 2019, alongside twin sister Princess. Although Princess was quite healthy, taking well to life outside the womb, Kingsley had a low body temperature and trouble feeding from the start of his life, with midwives putting the youngster in an incubator to help raise his temperature.
However, when he was still quite cold the next evening, and still feeding poorly, concerned midwife Nadine Wilson phoned the on-call paediatric doctor, who told her to put a babygrow on the tot and make sure he was wrapped up when leaving the incubator, an inquest has heard. Just over a week later, on April 18, Kingsley tragically passed away after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and sepsis.
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The first day of the five-day hearing at Bolton Coroner's Court today (Monday) heard evidence from midwives about the first few days of Kingsley's life before April 11, when the youngster was transferred from the post-natal ward, where healthy mums and babies are sent after delivery, to one of the neo-natal units for more specific care.
It heard concerns raised by midwives and the family's solicitor that Kingsley was not initially assessed daily by a doctor, despite his poor health and the fact that he was showing a number of risk factors.
Midwife Amy Leigh was the first to give evidence, after she'd seen Kingsley just a few hours after he was born in delivery suite