NHS hospital failed to disclose babies’ deadly bacteria infections

NHS hospital failed to disclose babies’ deadly bacteria infections A leading NHS hospital failed to publicly disclose that four very ill premature babies in its care were infected with a deadly bacterium, one of whom died soon after, the Guardian can reveal.

St Thomas’ hospital did not admit publicly that it had suffered an outbreak of Bacillus cereus in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of its Evelina children’s hospital in late 2013 and early 2014.

Did not acknowledge either the incident or infant’s death in any public forum. The Guardian