A premature baby girl
died after doctors mistakenly inserted a feeding tube into her heart,
causing her to suffer a heart attack.
Chanell Miller, 31, gave birth to twins, a girl and a boy, at 28 weeks into her pregnancy.
The
newborns were transferred to Newham University Hospital's neonatal
unit, where they were being cared for by specialist teams.
But nine days after their birth, Miss Miller, from East London, was told her little girl had stopped breathing and died.
A
post-mortem examination revealed the newborn, named Ka'Leah Noel, died
when doctors incorrectly pierced her heart with a long line feeding
tube.
Ka'Leah's twin brother, Kaleem Noel, survived and is now two-years-old.
An inquest earlier this month determined the feeding tube was wrongly inserted into the newborn's heart.
Bart's
Health Trust who run the hospital, have since said that they have
compiled a comprehensive action plan to improve training given to
neonatal staff on the correct insertion of long lines, in a bid to avoid
a similar tragedy.
Miss Miller said: 'I appreciate that
lessons have been learned by the hospital, I hope this never happens
again - no mother should go through what I went through.
'I have to deal with the fact that if it wasn't for a simple oversight, Ka'Leah would be with us now.
'Nothing will ever bring back my only baby daughter - her death will be with me for life.'
While pregnant, Miss Miller, who has five sons, was delighted to find out that she was to give birth to her first daughter.
#So sad
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