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Baby RB faces 'miserable sad and pitiful existence' - Daily Telegraph 2nd November 2009
"A desperately ill baby who has been in intensive care since birth should be allowed to die in peace or he will end up living a “miserable, sad and pitiful existence”, a court heard. "
Parents clash in court over taking child off life support - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"A mother supporting a legal attempt to take her severely disabled baby boy off the ventilator that keeps him alive said today her son's "intolerable suffering" had to outweigh her grief at his death.
The boy, known as RB for legal reasons, was born last year with a rare condition that severely limits the ability to breathe and move limbs."
Mother: why my baby should be allowed to die - The Times 2nd November 2009
"A mother at the centre of a legal wrangle over a gravely ill baby today told why she felt her son should be allowed to die.
Anthony Fairweather, a solicitor acting for the boy's mother, said: "RB’s mother has sat by her son’s bedside every day since he was born. Every day she has seen the pain he experiences just to survive. "
Baby RB: Tug of love as baby's mother says his life support can be turned off but father goes to court to stop it - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"A heartbroken mother took centre stage on Monday as the High Court was asked to let her seriously disabled son die.
She is backing a hospital's application for the year-old baby to be taken off life support.
The baby's father, however, insists he must live and says a simple operation could even lead to him being cared for at home. "
More tests for right-to-life baby - BBC Health News 2nd November 2009
"A fresh medical assessment is to be carried out on a baby boy at the centre of a "right-to-life" legal dispute, a High Court judge heard on Monday.
The one-year-old, known as Baby RB for legal reasons, was born with a rare, genetic muscle condition that makes it hard for him to breathe independently."
Father of Baby RB fights hospital’s decision to turn off life support - The Times 2nd October 2009
"A father whose son was born with a rare neuromuscular condition will go to the High Court today to try to stop a hospital withdrawing support that keeps the child alive.
Doctors treating the one-year-old boy say that his quality of life is so poor that it would not be in his best interests to keep him alive. They say that they are supported in their action by the baby’s mother. The couple are separated. "
Hospitals 'running short of beds for swine flu patients' - Daily Mail 2nd November 2009
"Swine flu is putting hospitals under increasing pressure, the Government's chief medical officer warned yesterday,
Sir Liam Donaldson said a shortage of intensive care beds for the most seriously-ill patients was a 'concern' with the number of cases rising. "
Hospitals 'feel swine flu strain'- BBC Health News 1st November 2009
"Hospital intensive care wards are under "a lot of pressure" as a result of the swine flu pandemic, the UK government's most senior medical adviser has said.\n\nSir Liam Donaldson said a shortage of beds was a "concern" as more people are being hit with severe symptoms. "
Father fights bid to switch off baby's life-support - The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"A father is fighting a hospital's attempt to withdraw the support keeping his baby son alive, it emerged today.
Doctors want to take the one-year-old, who was born with a rare neuromuscular condition, off a ventilator which allows him to breathe. "
Father and mother at war over their baby's life support - Daily Telegraph 31st October 2009
"A father is fighting moves by a hospital to withdraw the support keeping his baby son alive. "
More swine flu patients in intensive care, figures show - The Guardian 29th October 2009
"The number of swine flu patients being treated on intensive care wards rose by more than 50% in the past week, according to the Department of Health. More than 750 people – 102 of them children – are currently in hospital in England owing to illnesses associated with the H1N1 virus. There are 157 patients in critical care."
He's my little swine flu miracle: Coma mother on the baby boy she feared she would never hold - Daily Mail 17th October 2009
"He is the beautiful baby boy she feared she might never live to see.
When Sharon Pentleton was five-months pregnant, a virulent case of swine flu left her fighting for life.
Plunged into a coma, the 27-year-old was airlifted abroad for emergency treatment. The prospects for her and her unborn baby were bleak. "
Blackburn baby unit superbug spotted by ‘vigilance’ - Lancashire Telegraph 28th September 2009
HEALTH bosses have said how ‘constant vigilance’ helped them identify a superbug in the neonatal intensive care baby unit.
Seven children contracted MSSA – methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus – at Blackburn Royal Hospital, leading to admissions being limited.
Blackburn baby unit hit by superbug - Lancashire Telegraph 25th September 2009
SEVEN babies in intensive care have contracted a superbug at Royal Blackburn Hospital.
Health bosses at the hospital have limited admissions to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Baby Unit after tests revealed the outbreak.
The hospital has said none of the seven babies carrying MSSA, or Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus, on their skin are ill as a result of the colonisation.
Swine flu victim fighting for life - The Guardian 28th September 2009
A young woman is fighting for her life in Ibiza after catching a "severe" case of swine flu while on holiday.
Lindy Paterson is in a medically-induced coma after contracting the virus on the party island two weeks ago.
Hundreds of mothers of twins and triplets separated after birth, survey shows - The Guardian 28th September 2009
Sick babies sent to different hospitals due to shortage of specialist cots
Doctors demand specialist lung treatment for swine flu victims - The Times 16th September 2009
Patients with swine flu who experience severe respiratory failure should be given a specialist lung treatment, researchers say today.
The treatment — for which one Scottish woman, Sharon Pentleton was flown to Norway — saves one extra life for every six patients compared with conventional treatment for those who are critically ill, the study in The Lancet medical journal reports.
Swine flu victim speaks of ordeal - BBC Health News 15th September 2009
A pregnant Scottish woman who had to be flown to Sweden for life-saving treatment for swine flu has spoken for the first time of her ordeal.
Sharon Pentleton told the BBC's Panorama that she was "terrified" after she woke up in a foreign hospital hooked up to a ventilator.
NHS to double provision of intensive care beds for winter swine flu cases - The Times 11th September 2009
The NHS will double the number of intensive care beds available for critically ill patients in order to cope with a predicted surge of swine flu cases this winter, the Government has said.
Local health authorities have been told to buy extra ventilators, cancel non-emergency operations and redeploy existing equipment and staff to treat patients who may be critically ill at the peak of a pandemic.
Families being 'wrongly burdened' with life or death questions over loved ones - Daily Telegraph 12th September 2009
Families are being wrongly burdened with “agonising” life or death decisions over whether to resuscitate their loved ones, a leading expert has warned.
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