A registrar involved in treating an infant who tragically died after contracting meningitis cried as she recalled the "systemic failure" that led to medical staff missing the baby's risk of infection just days after he was born.
Kingsley Olasupo was just ten-days-old when he tragically passed away at Royal Bolton Hospital on April 18, 2019. The infant had been struggling to eat and regulate his own temperature, being admitted onto the special care baby unit (SCBU) on his fourth day of life and then the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) the day after, where he was diagnosed with meningitis and sepsis.
An inquest into Kingsley's death at Bolton Coroner's Court previously heard that midwives had to contact on-call doctors three times before someone came to assess the newborn - delaying his access to more comprehensive care. The second day of the five-day hearing heard yesterday from doctors involved with Kingsley's care after this third call out by midwives.
