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Trust 'absolutely have learned' from tragic tot's death - and use it to teach about infection

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Senior staff at a hospital trust “absolutely have learned” from the death of an infant who was showing subtle signs of infection - and now use his case as a learning tool.

Kingsley Olasupo was ten-days-old when he died from bacterial meningitis and sepsis at the Royal Bolton Hospital on April 18, 2019.

There had been a “systemic failure” to recognise that the infant was showing subtle signs of infection in his first four days of life.

The tot, born at the hospital with his twin sister Princess, was premature at 35 weeks and four days, had struggled to maintain his temperature, and was struggling to feed.

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