MORE babies in England could die from unlicensed medicines unless providers are forced to report issues, a coroner has warned. The alert follows an inquest into the tragic deaths of three newborns from contaminated feed they were given at hospitals . 3 Oscar Barker was born early at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and passed away aged one month Credit: PA 3 Yousef Al-Kharboush was just nine days old when he passed away from sepsis Credit: PA 3 Yousef was born prematurely at St Thomas Hospital in May 2014 Credit: Alamy The babies , who were all undergoing care in hospital after being born premature, died after receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) feed contaminated with a food poisoning bug .
Babies are given TPN when they cannot feed on their own. Three-month-old Aviva Otte, one-month-old Oscar Barker and nine-day-old Yousef Al-Kharboush were being provided critical nutrition via TPN. An inquest at Southwark Coroner's Court included the bacillus cereus contaminant in each of their causes of death.
Read more on Bacillus cereus MAN DOWN Man, 38, gets food poisoning in his penis after ‘vigorous romp’ with his wife WORST NIGHTMARE My baby died in my arms after hospital pumped him with 'contaminated' feed Bacillus cereus is a potentially fatal bacterium that infects about 20-30 newborn babies a year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Aviva died in January 2014 at St Thomas' Hospital in central London and received TPN mixed by the NHS, under a section 10 exemption.
