"Tragic Negligence: Addenbrooke's Hospital Fails to Administer Routine Vitamin, Resulting in Infant's Death"
A coroner has determined that there was "gross failure in medical care amounting to neglect" in the death of a baby at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. The baby, William Moris-Patto, died at seven weeks old after suffering a brain bleed. The coroner found that his death could have been prevented if he had been given a routine vitamin K, which is necessary for blood clotting. The hospital trust has apologized, and it was revealed that an audit showed 27 other babies were recorded as not having received vitamin K. The trust fully accepted the coroner's findings and stated that processes would be reviewed to prevent similar errors in the future.
