Hospital pays out over death of baby

A hospital has agreed to pay out £104,000 in relation to the death of a baby.

Ava Sims Teskey-King from the East Yorkshire village of Bilton died at the age of 21 months in November last year.

She was born at Hull Women and Children's Hospital in January 2006 but suffered brain damage because the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck.

Recently, her parents Lee Sims and Leanne Teskey-King were informed that the hospital trust involved had accepted full liability for the death.

Speaking to BBC News, Ms Teskey-King said: "We have had reports - they were other people's opinions, independent obstetricians.

"They do say that had she been delivered something like 20 minutes earlier, she could have survived."

Meanwhile, chief executive of the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Stephen Greep, said that procedures had been reviewed since the birth of Ava.

He went on to express his condolences for the parents' suffering.

18/11/2008 16:31