Hospital feed 'poisons 15 babies'

[Northerner]

One baby has died and 14 are ill with blood poisoning after being given what appears to be a contaminated batch of liquid food.

The babies, many of which were premature, were all being cared for in neonatal intensive care units at six hospitals across England.

The newborn who died was being treated at London's Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital.

The surviving babies are said to be responding to antibiotic treatment.

They were all given the liquid feed direct to their bloodstream as they could not be mouth fed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27700027

 

[Laura davies]

I heard this news and its dreadful this should not happen!! Those little defenceless babies

 

[Northerner]

Hospital feed company 'saddened' by baby death

The manufacturer of a hospital feed "strongly linked" to the death of one baby and illness of 14 others has said it is "saddened" by what has happened.

ITH Pharma managing director Karen Hamling said it was co-operating fully with an inquiry by health officials.

The baby died from blood poisoning at St Thomas' Hospital in south London from suspected contaminated drip food.

Public Health England said babies at six hospitals developed septicaemia from the Bacillus cereus bacterium.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27709132