A baby whose mother died on the day he was born, without knowing he had suffered irreversible brain damage, should be allowed to die, a judge has ruled.
Danielle Jones, 18, died after collapsing at her parents home in Bristol on January 17, Mr Justice Hayden heard.
Her son, Danny, was delivered by Caesarean section and treated in an intensive care unit. Mr Justice Hayden heard that Miss Jones had not told anyone that she was pregnant.
He was told that she had collapsed for no apparent reason and was declared dead on arrival at hospital.
Specialists said Danny had suffered irreversible brain damage during birth and should be allowed to die.
Baby born on day mother died to have life-support stopped
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image captionMr Justice Hayden ruled that doctors could lawfully disconnect Danny from a ventilator
A 12-day-old baby whose teenage mother died on the day he was born has irreversible brain-damage and should be allowed to die, a judge has ruled.
Danielle Jones, 18, collapsed and died at her parents home in Bristol on 17 January, the High Court heard.
Her son, Danny, was delivered by caesarean section and moved to a hospital intensive care unit.
Specialists said Danny had suffered irreversible brain-damage during birth and should be allowed to die. Secret pregnancy
Covid-19 hospital admissions and patient numbers down in all regions of England By PA News
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Hospital admissions of people with Covid-19 and the number of patients in hospital with the virus are starting to fall in all regions of England, analysis shows.
The number of patients waiting more than an hour to be handed over from ambulance teams to A&E staff has also dropped to its lowest level since the start of the year.
The figures suggest tighter restrictions on peopleâs movements and activities introduced across England after Christmas, culminating in the nationwide lockdown from January 5, are starting to have an impact.
One in EIGHT NHS hospitals didn t have any spare intensive care beds last week, official figures show as units still caring for 3,600 Covid patients
NHS figures published today reveal 18 out of 140 major trusts were at 100% occupancy in their ICUs last week
Also show that ICUs are more than 70 per cent busier than they have been at any time over the past five years
There are still more than 3,600 critically-ill Covid suffers in English hospitals out of 5,400 total ICU
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Bam Construct wins £68m hospital job
Bam Construct has been picked to deliver a new £68m major trauma hospital in Salford, Greater Manchester.
It is already on site carry out enabling works with construction on the six-storey building due to start next month.
The contractor won the job through the Procure22 framework and has been working on the design with the client, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, as part of its early engagement on the scheme.
Bam Construct healthcare construction manager Rob Bailey said the firm’s range of expertise had helped it come up with a better design. He said: “We have an integrated capability to deliver facilities, because apart from constructing buildings, we also design them, develop them and manage facilities inside them.