New-Born Babies Death at Glasgow Hospital Could Not Have Been Avoided, Inquiry Finds

Baby’s death not related to built environment of Glasgow hospital, sheriff finds

Sophia Smith died at the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC) at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus in Glasgow on April 11 2017.

New-born babies death at Glasgow hospital could not have been avoided, inquiry finds

A newborn baby contracted a rare and fatal infection, but precautions could not have prevented her death, an inquiry has found.

Baby’s death was not related to built hospital environment, sheriff finds

The sheriff found there were no precautions which could reasonably have been taken that may have prevented Sophia’s death.

Death of baby at controversial Glasgow hospital 'could not have been avoided'

Sophia Smith's death was found to not be linked to conditions at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Inquiry finds death of newborn at Glasgow hospital could not have been avoided

Tragic Sophia Evangeline Smith died in the hospital’s neo-natal intensive care unit aged just 12 days on April 11, 2017, with a post-mortem finding a bacterial infection had “played a material role in her decline and death.”

Death of newborn at Glasgow hospital could not have been avoided, inquiry finds

Sophia Smith died aged 11 days old at the Royal Hospital for Children, after contracting a toxic infection.