Family finally get answers after baby sons's tragic death in hospital aged just 10 days
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAfter three years of heartbreak, pain, and grief, Kingsley Olasupo’s parents sobbed when they first heard a coroner agree their son was neglected by those who should have helped him.
Tunde Olasupo and Nicola Daley have been haunted by their son’s death, being forced to relive Kingsley’s short ten days with them before doctors told them the heartbreaking news that there was nothing more they could do to save their son.
A twin herself, Nicola had given birth to seemingly perfect twins on April 8, 2019. Kingsley and Princess were both slightly cold when midwives observed them over their first few hours, something that wasn’t too much of a surprise as they were premature, just 35 weeks and four days gestation. READ MORE: Tributes to beloved Zac, 28, who died two days after getting married However, the combination of Kingsley’s low temperature, his dad’s struggle to get him to eat, and the numerous risk factors he had for infection - his prematurity, a low birth weight below the 10th percentile, and the fact a midwife had seen meconium, baby’s first poo, in his amniotic fluid during labour - should have started to trigger alarm bells for the staff at Royal Bolton Hospital.
Staff should have referred Kingsley to a paediatrician when he was unable to maintain his own temperature at two hours old according to the hospital’s guidelines, but they did not.
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