Parents of baby who died after hospital failures issue warning to other parents - as they ensure his memory lives on forever
The dad of a tragic twin who died after a hospital trust failed to provide basic medical care for his meningitis is warning parents about sepsis to prevent them from going through the same tragedy.
READ MORE: Dale Cregan took my beloved daughter's life - she stopped me taking my own from beyond the grave "Whatever we got told by the doctors we believed, the experience would have been better if we had a clue as to what was happening, maybe we would have changed the outcome. Everything happened so very quickly, from the start to the finish it was awful, they treated him like he wasn’t a human at all.
“We are able to provide a professional nurse to help families going through similar situations with a nurse who can quickly intervene and give families information to make better informed decisions. That gives others the opportunity we weren’t given at the time and allows other people to understand what their rights are and educate people on how serious sepsis can be and how to prevent that from getting fatal.
The pair also decided to create a counselling service for bereaved children, after watching the impact their son’s death had on his three siblings, and even a foodbank to support low-income families. Believe Achieve is dedicated to Kingsley’s memory, with a memorial plaque with his picture and a short description of his story to be installed outside the building.
"To the hospital it’s just a new system and it can only go so far but that will always put a memory and help remind them even when they forget the procedures or forget what to do, that memory will help them get back to the system. A lot of people give their trust to the doctors and the hospital, we feel like we’ve been let down- we’re not the first and if we’re not careful we’re not going to be the last ones.