A hospital trust failed to provide basic medical care to an infant who died from meningitis, a coroner has ruled.
Kingsley Olasupo, who was born alongside his twin sister Princess, was just ten-days-old when he died at the Royal Bolton Hospital on April 18, 2019, after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and sepsis. An inquest into the tot's death has heard evidence about "individual and systemic failures" to provide basic medical care to the infant, who would have survived if antibiotics had been administered sooner.
The hearing at Bolton Coroner's Court lasted for four days, and heard from 23 witnesses including midwives and doctors involved in Kingsley's care, dad Tunde Olasupo, and medical experts. Area coroner Peter Sigee gave his findings of fact to the court this afternoon, April 28, after four difficult days of evidence, which often saw members of Kingsley's family break down in tears hearing about the chances to save the beloved baby.
