A 7 year old boy is set to win millions of pounds in damages from the NHS because doctors missed deliberate injuries when he was brought to hospital within weeks of his birth. Chest x rays showed healing rib fractures, but these were missed by hospital staff, and further investigations that would have led to the involvement of social services were not carried out. Neither boy nor trust can be identified, but the trust has admitted liability. Within months of his hospital visit he sustained devastating brain damage at the hands of his father, who later received a 15 year jail sentence. His mother was given a suspended sentence for neglect. The boy has cerebral palsy and epilepsy with no mobility, is doubly incontinent, has a severe intellectual deficit, and is seriously visually impaired.
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