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The parents of an 11-month-old girl who died in hospital after she was let down by a gross failure to provide basic medical care and injected with five times the required dose of an anti-seizure drug have vowed to take legal action.
Sophie Burgess was given a lethal amount of phenytoin, despite the complaints of a nurse who said it was both unnecessary and against protocol.
The baby had initially been taken to St Peter s Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey on June 16 2016 following a seizure, for which she was given phenytoin.
But the child, described by her parents as a happy baby, always smiling , vomited, went into cardiac arrest, and died three hours later.
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An 11-month-old girl who died in hospital was let down by “a gross failure to provide basic medical care” after she was injected with five times the required dose of an anti-seizure drug, a coroner has ruled.
Sophie Burgess was given a lethal amount of phenytoin, despite the protestations of a nurse who said it was both unnecessary and against protocol.
The baby had initially been taken to St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey following a seizure, for which she was given phenytoin.
But the child, described by her parents as “a happy baby, always smiling”, vomited, went into cardiac arrest, and died three hours later.
An 11-month-old girl who died in hospital was let down by “a gross failure to provide basic medical care” after she was injected with five times the required dose of an anti-seizure drug, a coroner has ruled.
Sophie Burgess was given a lethal amount of phenytoin, despite the protestations of a nurse who said it was both unnecessary and against protocol.
The baby had initially been taken to St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey following a seizure, for which she was given phenytoin.
But the child, described by her parents as “a happy baby, always smiling”, vomited, went into cardiac arrest, and died three hours later.
Updated: 16 Dec 2020, 17:16
THE parents of a baby girl watched on in agony as she died after being injected with a fatal dose of an anti-seizure drug, an inquest heard today.
Little Sophie Burgess was given a lethal amount of phenytoin in June 2016, despite the protests of a nurse who said it was both unnecessary and against hospital rules.
Little Sophie Burgess died after being given a drug to treat seizures
Her parents Emma and Gareth (pictured) were forced to watch her die , they said
The baby had initially been taken to St Peter s Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey following a seizure.