it was screaming, and i was like, what s the matter with them? legally, we can t identify the families in this case, but the stories are distressing. these are the parents of twin boys born prematurely in 2015. their mum was taking milk to them when she heard one of her sons crying loudly. he had blood round his mouth. and lucy was there, but faffing about and not really doing anything. lucy said, don t worry, the registrar was coming. and then she told me to go back to the ward. the baby s mum left him in this intensive care area and went to call her husband. they thought their son was in safe hands with nurse letby, but a short time later, they were told he was dangerously ill and they rushed back to find doctors trying to save him. we were taken in, and we were told to talk to him and hold
concerns about letby. he s now speaking publicly about their experience for the first time. it s something that nobody really wants to consider, you know, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. things came to a head when two out of three healthy triplets died within 2a hours of each other injune 2016. afterwards, a meeting was held for staff. lucy letby was there. she was sitting next to me. i spoke to her and said how tired and upset she must be after two days of this, and i hoped that she was going to have a restful weekend. and she turned to me and said, no, i m back on shift tomorrow. the other staff were very traumatised by all of this. we were crumbling before your eyes, almost, and she was quite happy and confident to come into work.
intensive care area and went to call her husband. they thought their son was in safe hands with nurse letby, but a short time later, they were told he was dangerously ill and they rushed back to find doctors trying to save him. we were taken in, and we were told to talk to him and hold his hand. and then. ..we had a conversation with the consultant, and he said, you know what, we re going to stop because it s not helping. we want him to die in your arms. 0n the unit, there were typically up to three deaths a year, but in 2015, they had that number in the month ofjune alone. and the pattern continued, with babies dying or coming close to death. the common factor lucy letby. this staffing sheet shows
but that couldn t have been further from her mind. the crying, i ve never heard anything like it since. it was screaming. it was screaming, and i was like, what s the matter with them? legally, we can t identify the families in this case, but the stories are distressing. these are the parents of twin boys born prematurely in 2015. their mum was taking milk to them when she heard one of her sons crying loudly. he had blood round his mouth. and lucy was there, but faffing about and not really doing anything. lucy said, don t worry, the registrar was coming. and then she told me to go back to the ward. the baby s mum left him in this intensive care area and went to call her husband. they thought their son was in safe hands with nurse letby, but a short time later, they were told he was dangerously ill and they rushed back to find