Twin babies were patients at BIDMC’s neonatal intensive care unit. The baby’s parents filed a complaint against the hospital, claiming the hospital’s short-staffed, weekend providers failed to identify one of the baby’s NEC symptoms and reacted too slowly once the clinicians realized her condition.
According to the report, the baby’s father noticed the baby was discolored and unresponsive and notified a nurse. Four hours later, staff finished taking X-rays that showed the baby had NEC. The baby died during surgery. The parents were awarded an $11.4 million reward.
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