Mother repeatedly ‘kept in dark’ about reason for baby’s death, inquest told

Aviva in the neonatal intensive care unit at St Thomas’ hospital in London Photograph: Supplied

A grieving mother has told an inquest how secretive, evasive and “patronising” behaviour by NHS staff was “traumatic” and led to her spending years seeking the truth about her daughter’s death.

Jedidajah Otte told how she encountered a “stubborn refusal” by doctors and nurses at St Thomas’ hospital in London to tell her what was happening with three-month-old Aviva’s health.