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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ellie Ng

Warning of future deaths risk after three babies who had contaminated feed died

An inquest into the deaths of the three babies was held at Southwark Coroner’s Court in London (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Archive)

A coroner has warned that more babies could die from issues with unlicensed medicines if providers do not face stricter requirements to report problems following an inquest which concluded three infants died after receiving contaminated feed.

The babies, who were all undergoing care in hospital after being born premature, died after receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) feed contaminated with Bacillus cereus.

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