A stillborn baby was washed and dressed before staff placed her in a cot and forgot about her, leaving the lifeless baby “to rot” for six days on a UK hospital floor.
The 31-year-old mother told BBC she delivered her stillborn at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham in April 2014.
The heartbroken woman, who did not wish to be named, said her limp newborn was washed and dressed and handed to her after her caesarean.
Nurses then allegedly "forgot" about the baby girl when the infant was eventually parted from her mother.
She was found six days later when staff at children's hospital, Great Ormond Street, called to enquire about the stillbirth.
Due to her body not being kept cold, the baby had started to decompose.
People being shocked that this happened in the UK Some hospitals here are well and truly the PITS, speaking from multiple experiences. A lot of the time you go in and come back out 10x worse
Such a sad story though, hope she sues for all that they've got
Title is misleading. Should say stillborn, not newborn. I don't understand the issue. It wasn't alive. Nobody suffered? It was going to decompose underground (if buried) anyway? I'm really confused. I hope everyone can work something out though. It is pretty awful that it was forgotten about for almost a week though. But I don't think anyone should be sued. It's not like they murdered the child...
Title is misleading. Should say stillborn, not newborn. I don't understand the issue. It wasn't alive. Nobody suffered? It was going to decompose underground (if buried) anyway? I'm really confused. I hope everyone can work something out though. It is pretty awful that it was forgotten about for almost a week though. But I don't think anyone should be sued. It's not like they murdered the child...
The baby was indeed born dead and the hospital staff didn't kill him; but this is about a mourning mother who was probably planning on giving a proper burial to the infant maybe ?
No matter what, this is just disguting and disrespectful; they made a goo of her baby's body.
Title is misleading. Should say stillborn, not newborn. I don't understand the issue. It wasn't alive. Nobody suffered? It was going to decompose underground (if buried) anyway? I'm really confused. I hope everyone can work something out though. It is pretty awful that it was forgotten about for almost a week though. But I don't think anyone should be sued. It's not like they murdered the child...
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