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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Bawden Social affairs correspondent

‘He could have died’: family calls for better jaundice testing of black and Asian babies

Lauren Clarke with partner Matthew Wynter and their son Jaxson, and midwife Gemma Poole
Jaxson’s jaundice was noticed only after his mum was readmitted to hospital with an infection. Photograph: Fabio de Paola/The Guardian

Soon after her son Jaxson was born, Lauren Clarke spotted that his eyes were yellow and bloodshot. “We kept asking if he had jaundice, but each time we were told to keep feeding him and just put Jaxson in front of a window,” she says.

It was only when Clarke was readmitted six days later with an infection that Jaxson’s jaundice was detected by a midwife. By this time, his levels were becoming dangerously high.

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