NHS trust prosecuted over children's sepsis deaths
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Zadie Ajetunmobi was described as a "beautiful little girl" by her parents An NHS trust is being prosecuted over the deaths of two children who had sepsis, the BBC has learned.
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Two charges relate to Zadie Ajetunmobi, three, who died within hours of being taken to Broomfield Hospital, Essex, with a temperature of 40C (104F) in November 2022.
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A third regards two-year-old Selina Samarina, who was sent home by a doctor at Broomfield in April 2024, only to die two days later.
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE), which runs the hospital, said it was "working closely" with investigators.
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It is due before Chelmsford Magistrates' Court in December. Care and treatment was allegedly "not provided in a safe way" to the girls, court documents revealed.
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The prosecution is being brought by the Care Quality Commission under the Health and Social Care Act.
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Zadie died within 10 hours of being taken to Broomfield on 10 November 2022, having suffered a cardiac arrest.
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A post-mortem examination showed her death arose from complications associated with sepsis, external.
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She was not given a potentially life-saving dose of intravenous antibiotics for more than seven hours.
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Zadie Ajetunmobi died at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford in November 2022 Zadie's family were previously told by MSE that staff had not updated local sepsis guidance since 2017.
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Her parents, Theo and Rhiannon, described her as a "beautiful little girl" and added: "This is a tragedy from which we will never recover."
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Selina Samarina was taken to Broomfield with symptoms of fever, a rash and irritability on 7 April 2024.
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She was discharged by a doctor but died there two days later, after her parents readmitted her.
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The sepsis protocol was triggered on Selina's initial arrival at hospital, however a coroner previously said a doctor of appropriate seniority was not available until two-and-a-half hours later.
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Selina, who had Down's syndrome, was sent home by a "very junior doctor" in the meantime, assistant coroner Stephen Simblet KC said during an inquest into her death.
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Adam Sewell-Jones, group chief executive of MSE, said: "We are working closely with the CQC on its investigation.
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"As there is an ongoing legal process, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
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MSE is expected to enter pleas to the three charges on 3 December.
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