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Baby’s hospital death prompts police probe
AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of a five-week-old girl at Great Ormond Street children’s hospital on Sunday evening.
Poppy Davies spent three weeks in a “critical” condition after suffering a glucose overdose in January.
Her parents took the decision to switch off her life support earlier this week.
St Pancras Coroner’s Court heard on Thursday that police were now investigating an “adverse incident”
during Poppy’s treatment at the hospital.
Detective Inspector Ian Hughes from the Met’s Child Abuse Investigation Team told the court that all statements had now been taken from members of staff and managers, and that the findings would be sent to the hospital trust “to possibly stop anything like this happening in the future”.
All the equipment, solutions and medicines used in Poppy’s treatment had also been examined, DI Hughes confirmed. The Trust are running their own parallel investigation.
Poppy’s father, David Daly, a fireplace fitter from Essex, spoke only to confirm the family’s details.
Poppy was born three months premature on Christmas Eve.
She was transferred from Norwich to Great Ormond Street for a minor operation.
Her condition suddenly deteriorated around January 11, and blood tests revealed “very high sugar levels”, said DI Hughes.
Coroner Dr Andrew Reid formally adjourned the inquest until May in order to await the outcome of the police investigation.
A Great Ormond Street spokeswoman said: “The Trust continues to work with the police to establish the facts surrounding the child’s death.” |
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