Kingsley's condition began to worsen and doctors detected bleed on the brain.īy the time he was transferred to the neo-natal intensive care unit, a lumbar puncture was done which confirmed the tot had meningitis. "Kingsley was quite unhappy with me undressing him which made me more suspicious still of infection and I gave him a double dose of antibiotics - I thought giving him antibiotics on SCBU would be quicker than taking him to intensive care with the intention of taking him there once I'd done that."
"Dad was there and Kingsley's older brother was there as well so I updated him briefly at that point but obviously I just wanted to screen him and give him antibiotics so I inserted the canular and took blood gases. She told the court: "That was the point when I felt there was too much that we were potentially putting down to other things so I said 'should I screen him and give antibiotics?' and Dr Seshadri said to just take bloods. It was then that Dr Kewley truly believed Kingsley had an infection. On her next day on shift, April 12, Dr Seshadri, the consultant on SCBU, asked her to take blood samples after mum Nicola Daley said Kingsley's eyes had been moving strangely. Nicola Daley with twins Kingley and Princess Olasupo The thought that Kingsley could be suffering from an infection persisted in her mind, with the registrar later asking a nurse on SCBU: "How bad is he feeding? Do I need to screen him?" Two other consultants had also agreed when presented the medical records used to make that decision.ĭr Kewley did discuss the possibility of an infection with Kingsley's family, but said it was more likely his poor feeding was down to being premature as this is a common problem faced by pre-term babies. She agreed to admit the infant to SCBU to monitor his feeding without needing to screen for an infection or start antibiotics. The notes also failed to record Kingsley's temperature regulation problems, and inability to eat.īased on the notes, Dr Kewley concluded that there was no risk of Kingsley having an infection, and his symptoms were down to prematurity. The court heard evidence that no meconium (a baby's first poo) was present during birth - even though it was. Once she arrived to the special baby care unit, Dr Kewley said she looked through Kingsley's medical notes.īut she was unable to find the comprehensive charts saying they were incomplete and incorrect in some places. She was given a call by junior colleague Dr Salako to see Kingsley at the ward.
She discussed her role tending to the infant and the 'systemic failure' of hospital staff failing to get the infant started on antibiotics sooner. Midwives had to contact the on-call doctors three times before someone attended to the newborn, delaying his treatment and therefore his recovery, an inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court heard.ĭoctor Kate Kewley, who was a senior registrar in her seventh year of paediatric training at the time, was the on-call doctor overseeing the ward on April 11, 2019. Read more: Man asked 'am I dying' as he bled to death outside family homeĭoctors diagnosed the newborn with meningitis and sepsis, Manchester Evening News reports. The infant struggled to eat and regulate its own temperature and was admitted to the hospital's special baby care unit (SCBU) before being moved to neo-natal intensive care unit a day after. Kingsley Olasupo was just ten days old when he tragically died at Royal Bolton Hospital on April 18, 2019. A doctor has broken down in tears recalling the 'systemic failure' after an infant died from sepsis days after being born.
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