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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rod Minchin

Doctor defends decision not to give antibiotics to baby before death

Allyn and Jenny Condon are attending an inquest into the death of their two-month-old son Ben in 2015 (Tom Pilgrim/PA) - (PA Archive)

A doctor treating a premature baby has defended the decision not to administer him with antibiotics the day before he died, an inquest heard.

Ben Condon, who was two months old, died at Bristol Children’s Hospital in April 2015 after developing a respiratory illness.

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