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Olly Vickers died four months after he was born at the Royal Bolton Hospital, with a coroner ruling “neglect” played a role in his tragic death after mistakes were made by the midwives
A coroner has ruled that “neglect” contributed to the death of a baby who suffered a brain injury while breastfeeding for the very first time.
On Friday a coroner ruled that Royal Bolton Hospital suffered “a gross failure to provide basic medical attention” to Olly Vickers as his mother breastfed him for the first time after he was born.
The Manchester Evening News reports that two midwives failed to supervise Olly for 45 minutes while his mother Emma Clark breastfed him. They returned to find the baby “floppy” and “blue in colour”.
A hearing at Bolton Coroner’s Court heard Olly suffered a brain injury, which led to his death nearly five months later.