Trigger warning: This might be an upsetting topic for some. It's about babies being harmed by a NICU nurse, Lucy Letby.
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Have people heard about this case? It's been going on for almost a year. The jury deliberated for five weeks. Finally the verdicts were in yesterday. She murdered seven premature NICU babies and attempted to murder six more. There were 17 babies attacked a total of 22 times, so there were 22 charges. On about six of the charges, the jury were hung. She might face a retrial for those. But she has been involved in many more deaths - 13 deaths, although she was only charged for 7 deaths - and at least 2 at a previous hospital where she worked. There's an investigation ongoing into all 4,000 babies she treated during her career, plus into cover-ups at the hospital that resulted in more babies losing their lives because they wouldn't take her off the unit after doctors raised their concerns.
Other people have come forward and said their babies came to harm while being treated by her. One mom on the NICU unit says she was discussing with her partner how well her baby was doing, and Letby was eavesdropping. She said not to get their hopes up about their son's survival. The mom made a complaint, and the following day, she briefly left her son's side to get a coffee. When she returned, he had collapsed and a team was working on him. She'd injected him with insulin as revenge on the mom. Of course, they didn't know that at the time. Someone else has come forward and says that her son's heel is covered in scars because Letby treated him and would take ten tries to get blood from a heel prick whereas other nurses would take one or two goes. Someone else online says her husband worked at Letby's hospital and years ago it was common knowledge that a nurse there was killing babies. But when the doctors raised their concerns, they were disciplined and had to apologize to her.
She murdered 2 out of 3 triplets, and was planning to murder the third, as a sympathy card she had written to the parents including all three was found at her home. The third only escaped because the parents insisted he be transferred elsewhere. She attacked some of the babies up to four times, becoming increasingly violent. She's the only staff member who was on duty for all 22 attacks (and the next most frequently working staff member on those 22 shifts was only there for 7 of them.) And the attacks stopped after she was taken off the unit.
The entire thing is simply unbelievable. How does someone get that way? How can anyone do that? Some of the babies only weighed a couple of pounds and were a day old. And she attacked twins as well as triplets. She must be one of the top five worst killers in history, globally.
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Have people heard about this case? It's been going on for almost a year. The jury deliberated for five weeks. Finally the verdicts were in yesterday. She murdered seven premature NICU babies and attempted to murder six more. There were 17 babies attacked a total of 22 times, so there were 22 charges. On about six of the charges, the jury were hung. She might face a retrial for those. But she has been involved in many more deaths - 13 deaths, although she was only charged for 7 deaths - and at least 2 at a previous hospital where she worked. There's an investigation ongoing into all 4,000 babies she treated during her career, plus into cover-ups at the hospital that resulted in more babies losing their lives because they wouldn't take her off the unit after doctors raised their concerns.
Other people have come forward and said their babies came to harm while being treated by her. One mom on the NICU unit says she was discussing with her partner how well her baby was doing, and Letby was eavesdropping. She said not to get their hopes up about their son's survival. The mom made a complaint, and the following day, she briefly left her son's side to get a coffee. When she returned, he had collapsed and a team was working on him. She'd injected him with insulin as revenge on the mom. Of course, they didn't know that at the time. Someone else has come forward and says that her son's heel is covered in scars because Letby treated him and would take ten tries to get blood from a heel prick whereas other nurses would take one or two goes. Someone else online says her husband worked at Letby's hospital and years ago it was common knowledge that a nurse there was killing babies. But when the doctors raised their concerns, they were disciplined and had to apologize to her.
She murdered 2 out of 3 triplets, and was planning to murder the third, as a sympathy card she had written to the parents including all three was found at her home. The third only escaped because the parents insisted he be transferred elsewhere. She attacked some of the babies up to four times, becoming increasingly violent. She's the only staff member who was on duty for all 22 attacks (and the next most frequently working staff member on those 22 shifts was only there for 7 of them.) And the attacks stopped after she was taken off the unit.
The entire thing is simply unbelievable. How does someone get that way? How can anyone do that? Some of the babies only weighed a couple of pounds and were a day old. And she attacked twins as well as triplets. She must be one of the top five worst killers in history, globally.
Hospital bosses ignored months of doctors' warnings about Lucy Letby
Hospital bosses failed to investigate allegations and tried to silence doctors, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.com
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