Colleague of UK Nurse Lucy Letby Thought 'Not Again' When Another Baby Fell Ill in Neonatal Unit

The colleague, a nurse at the hospital, testified Monday that she was preparing medicines when the infant girl, identified only as Child B, went into distress.

“I just remember thinking ‘not again’ — to see his sister with the same appearance,” the nurse testified,TheStandardreported.

The nurse testified in Manchester Crown Court that the girl’s brother deteriorated suddenly and “to an unusual degree. Babies can be very poorly quickly but there is usually some indication that is happening. We had no undue concerns.

“To go from that is very unusual and then [Child B] had been good throughout the evening for me… then she became ill very quickly. She deteriorated very quickly and then this discoloration,” the nurse said.

Child B survived and was later released from the hospital,The Standardreported.

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source: people.com