Legal row breaks out over cause of death of baby who died after normal pregnancy

A legal row over the cause of death of a one-day-old, perfectly-formed baby born to a mother with a normal pregnancy five years ago broke out at an inquest into her death.

Dr Keane said the baby was born with no signs of life but she had heard evidence that factors which had contributed to her death had occurred before her delivery. Although adrenaline had been given to the baby earlier via a tube, Mr Murray said the drug was only administered via a needle into her bones at 2.38pm and again two minutes later via the umbilical vein after a number of unsuccessful attempts.

Ms Graydon, who called for either a verdict of death due to natural causes or a narrative verdict, said the evidence of a pathologist who carried out a postmortem on the baby indicated any issue with meconium was present for a minimum of 4-6 hours before her birth. Dr McEntagart claimed the relatively small size of the baby girl at birth could be linked to some of the in utero complications which he estimated may have occurred 12-48 hours before her delivery. Cross-examined by Mr Murray, he acknowledged that the exposure of the baby’s blood vessels to meconium would have exacerbated her condition.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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