Blundering death doc is struck off by the High Court

Leicester

A doctor who was let off with a 12 month suspension after her blunders resulted in the death of a six-year-old boy was struck off at the High Court today. Jack Adcock died as a result of a series of blunders from cardiac arrest brought on by sepsis after he was admitted to the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011. Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, 40, made the ‘remarkable error’ of mistakenly placing Jack under a ‘do not resuscitate’ order after confusing him…

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