Saturday, April 18, 2009

'Hospital blunders meant my baby bled to death': Father's grief as NHS staff ignore plea to treat nine-day-old son

The Daily Mail reports on death by socialist medicine:
A heartbroken father told yesterday how his newborn son bled to death in hospital after a series of blunders by NHS staff.

Joshua Titcombe was nine days old when he died from a common infection picked up from his mother which could have been cured with antibiotics.

James Titcombe said he and his wife Hoa had urged staff at Furness General Hospital, in Cumbria, to treat Joshua with antibiotics but they were told he seemed well and did not even need to see a doctor.
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