Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA baby died after a catheter was wrongly inserted into his stomach by a junior doctor, an inquest heard. James Barnes developed sepsis after nutritional fluid was pumped into the wrong area of his tiny body. Doctors said the umbilical veinous catheter (UVC) which was meant to help his condition had been wrongly inserted into his abdomen. A registrar inserted a umbilical veinous catheter (UVC) that can be used to infuse sick babies with nutrition and antibiotics. James' mother Genanne Barnes told the inquest: "We were told there was a very slim chance he would make it."

Source: Daily Mirror May 10, 2018 01:18 UTC