Presumably the nurse that has given more detail on the monitor felt the baby was stable enough to go and care for a different child at the time Letby is then with this baby when it has stopped breathing, behind a screen. And the two doctors not only missed every usual protocol they’d follow regarding monitors and handing over to a nurse or there was no nurse there but also missed signs that the cannulation had caused the baby enough issues for it to need resuscitation and stop breathing altogether. Letby relying on such a serious amount of unusual mistakes again to prove her innocent role in everything and that her being with this baby again whilst it has these episodes is just down to chance, along with all the other events and like she says it is “luck of the draw”.
Was trying to work out the timeline of her arrests again last night and saw that originally the hospital stated they were investigating a high amount of deaths from March 2015 to July 2016. Found that interesting as the charges are June to June. Made me go back to baby A and reminded that the consultant said a group of clinicians had already had discussions about the correlation with Letby but had no hard evidence and were told to not make a fuss. I wonder if the hospital bosses will be called at some point.
“The consultant said that around the time of Child A’s inquest a group of clinicians had begun to raise concerns to hospital bosses about the “association we had seen with an individual being present in those situations and, how do I say diplomatically, being told we really should not really be saying such things and not to make a fuss”.
Dr Jayaram added: “It is a matter of regret that had I suggested this, and it could have been happening, I didn’t really have any hard evidence apart from the association we had seen. And it is a matter of regret and I wish I had been more courageous.”
