Kuffarphobia in the Medical Profession - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-28T08:53:38Zhttp://4freedoms.com/forum/topics/kuffarphobia-in-the-medical-profession?groupUrl=community&commentId=3766518%3AComment%3A171225&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBoy, 6, died 'after hospital…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-10-06:3766518:Comment:1712252015-10-06T17:47:31.567ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<h1>Boy, 6, died 'after hospital doctor called off life-saving treatment because she mistakenly thought he was under a Do Not Resuscitate order'</h1>
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<li><strong>Jack Adcock went into cardiac arrest hours after being admitted to hospital</strong></li>
<li><strong>Medical staff were told to stop treating him by Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, 38</strong></li>
<li><strong>She had confused him with another patient and he died in February…</strong></li>
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<h1>Boy, 6, died 'after hospital doctor called off life-saving treatment because she mistakenly thought he was under a Do Not Resuscitate order'</h1>
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<li><strong>Jack Adcock went into cardiac arrest hours after being admitted to hospital</strong></li>
<li><strong>Medical staff were told to stop treating him by Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, 38</strong></li>
<li><strong>She had confused him with another patient and he died in February 2011</strong></li>
<li><strong>Doctor along with nurses Theresa Taylor and Isabel Amaro charged with manslaughter through gross negligence - all three deny the charge </strong><b> </b></li>
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<p class="author-section byline-plain">By <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Gemma+Mullin+for+MailOnline" class="author" rel="nofollow">Gemma Mullin for MailOnline</a></p>
<p class="byline-section"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published"><span class="article-timestamp-label">Published:</span> 17:42, 6 October 2015</span> | <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated"><span class="article-timestamp-label">Updated:</span> 17:42, 6 October 2015</span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A six-year-old boy died after a hospital doctor called off life-saving treatment when she mistakenly thought he was under a Do Not Resuscitate Order, a court has heard. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Jack Adcock, who had Down's syndrome, went into cardiac arrest hours after he was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary and died following a series of failings by staff, a jury was told. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Medical staff were stopped from giving life-saving treatment to the youngster by Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, 38, before the error was picked up by a junior doctor, it was said.</p>
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<div class="clear">Jack Adcock (left), six, died after Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba (right, at court today) called off life-saving treatment when she mistakenly thought he was under a 'Do Not Resuscitate Order', a court heard</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Nottingham Crown Court heard that Bawa-Garba had confused Jack for another patient she had treated earlier in the day, in what prosecutor Andrew Thomas QC called a 'remarkable error'.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">He added that while Jack, of Glen Parva, Leicester, was 'beyond the point of no return' and that resuscitation was 'futile', it suggests Bawa-Garba had not given the youngster 'sufficient care'.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The doctor along with nurses Theresa Taylor, 55, and Isabel Amaro, 47, who all worked on the Children's Assessment Unit, have been charged with manslaughter through gross negligence. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Thomas said Jack, who lived with his parents Victor and Nicola, and younger sister Ruby, had suffered from associated problems including a hole in the heart, for which he took daily medication.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The court heard despite a 'tricky start' he was a 'lively and energetic' boy who was 'thriving', attending a mainstream primary school where he was receiving one-on-one support.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">But Jack fell ill with diarrhoea, sickness and breathlessness the evening before he was admitted to hospital. </p>
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<p class="imageCaption">Nottingham Crown Court heard that Bawa-Garba had confused Jack, who lived with his parents Nicky (left) and Victor Adcock (right), for another patient</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">Theresa Taylor, 55, (left) and Isabel Amaro (right, with a partner) are also accused of manslaughter through gross negligence, pictured, arriving at court today</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Thomas told the jury: 'We say that Jack's death was caused wholly or in part by serious neglect on the part of the team on the Children's Assessment Unit.'</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The court heard that Jack was admitted on the morning of February 18, 2011, after falling ill during the night.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">His GP said he should go to hospital, where medical staff 'failed to act on obvious symptoms of serious illness', said Mr Thomas.</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">Jack's parents, Victor and Nicky Adcock, arriving at Nottingham Crown Court today </p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">It is alleged that staff did not monitor Jack's condition effectively, and failed to recognise high levels of blood gas and lactate as concerning.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Jack collapsed at 7.45pm, with prosecutors saying his lips had started to turn blue, and a paediatric arrest team were summoned.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Thomas said: 'During this critical period an event occurred which you may think is powerful evidence of Dr Bawa-Garba's performance that day.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">'When she came into the bay, almost immediately she called the resuscitation off.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">'She told the other doctors Jack had been marked down as Do Not Resuscitate earlier in the day.'</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A first-year doctor then re-read the notes and said she could not see a DNR entry.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Thomas said: 'It was a remarkable error for a doctor to make. Dr Bawa-Garba was later to explain she had mixed Jack up with another child she had been treating on the Children's Assessment Unit.'</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The court also heard that nurses Amaro, an agency nurse, and Taylor gave Jack a Paediatric Observation Priority Score (Pops) of four when he was admitted.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Taylor suggested a score of seven or eight would have been more accurate, which would have suggested Jack was in a critical condition.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">He said: 'We say that the failings of each of the defendants contributed significantly to Jack's death.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">'There was of course an underlying natural illness - the lung infection - which had led to sepsis and septic shock. But the lack of care contributed to Jack's death.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">'It was a needless death.'</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">All three deny the charge and the trial is expected to last up to five weeks. </p>
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