Ban remains for ‘Dr Death’

A doctor who was convicted of gross negligence after the death of a six-year-old boy but then overturned the decision to strike her off will remain suspended for six months. Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, 41, placed Jack Adcock on the ‘do not resuscitate list’ after mistaking him for a two-year-old who had been discharged. She was on duty at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011 when Jack, who had Down’s Syndrome and a known heart condition, was admitted with vomiting and diarrhoea…

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