Lucy Letby gave potentially fatal dose to newborn years before her first murder, inquiry told
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLucy Letby gave a potentially fatal dose of morphine to a newborn baby two years before she murdered her first victim, an inquiry has heard.
The infant received 10 times the correct amount of the painkiller at the end of a night shift in July 2013 and could have died if colleagues at handover had not spotted the error an hour later.
The Thirlwall Inquiry into the events surrounding Letby’s crimes at the Countess of Chester Hospital was told Letby and another nurse had set up the morphine infusion for the youngster.
Letby’s colleague was said to be so “distraught” about the incident that she almost resigned, but Letby was “unhappy” when informed by neonatal unit ward deputy ward manager Yvonne Griffiths that she could not administer controlled drugs until a review had taken place.
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