An international panel of neonatologists and medical experts reviewing the deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital has found no evidence of murder by the former nurse Lucy Letby – instead it revealed a plethora of plausible causes of the deaths as a result of misdiagnosis, failings in basic skills and poor medical care.
The panels’ report was a damning verdict on the NHS, the hospital and the consultants who ran the unit and were in some cases involved in the care of the babies. ‘If this was a hospital in Canada, it would be shut down,’ said Dr Shoo Lee, who chaired a group of 14 world-leading experts from six countries.
The report raised serious questions about how the courts appear to have failed to get to grips with highly flawed evidence. Experts also expressed concern about the ability and willingness of the Court of Appeal to revisit a prosecution case that has been so comprehensively challenged by leading experts in the field.
The report raised serious questions about how the courts appear to have failed to get to grips with highly flawed evidence. Experts also expressed concern about the ability and willingness of the Court of Appeal to revisit a prosecution case that has been so comprehensively challenged by leading experts in the field.
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