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Parents call for public inquiry into Pseudomonas deaths

The parents of Caolan Burke, who died in December in a Co Derry hospital, have called for an inquiry into his death. Pictured is the Belfast hospital where three babies have died from the Pseudomonas bacterium.

THE PARENTS OF a baby who died from the Pseudomonas bacterium in a Co Derry hospital have called for a public inquiry into the situation.

Caoimhe Campbell and Gavin Burke‘s son Coalan died when he was just 10 days old from the infection.

BBC News Northern Ireland reports that he was in Altnagelvin Hospital in Co Derry and died in December.

Three babies died in Belfast’s Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital during a Pseudomonas outbreak this month, while seven babies were infected.

Campbell said she and Burke want a public inquiry while her partner said the two hospitals should have communicated with each other better.

They had a different strain of Pseudomonas to the one that affected the Co Derry hospital.

The hospital has undergone a deep clean and Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Edwin Poots said that the organism was found in a number of taps in the intensive care area of the neonatal unit of the hospital.

One baby died on 6 January, while another passed away on 13 January and a third child died on 19 January.

Poots offered his condolences to the families of the three victims.

Read: Deadly bacteria found on hospital taps, seventh case confirmed>

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