Boy died when monitor was switched off

A seven-year-old boy died at the UK’s biggest private children’s hospital after a blood saturation monitor was turned off for almost three hours, an inquest heard today (Tues). James Dwerryhouse suffered a catastrophic brain injury at the Portland Hospital when the equipment was shut down without a doctor’s permission. He died in a hospice close to his home in Ipswich when life support was withdrawn the following day. James suffered from sleep apnoea – interruptions to breathing while sleeping that…