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| Jack Adcock: Doctor to be struck off six-year-old boy's death | Jack Adcock: Doctor to be struck off six-year-old boy's death |
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| A doctor who was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after the death of a six-year-old boy can be struck off, a court has ruled. | A doctor who was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after the death of a six-year-old boy can be struck off, a court has ruled. |
| Jack Adcock, who had a heart condition, died of sepsis at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011, hours after being admitted with sickness and vomiting. | Jack Adcock, who had a heart condition, died of sepsis at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011, hours after being admitted with sickness and vomiting. |
| Doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba was suspended from the medical register for 12 months in June last year. | Doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba was suspended from the medical register for 12 months in June last year. |
| But she is now set to be struck off following an appeal at the High Court. | |
| A 2015 trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard Dr Bawa-Garba, an experienced paediatrician, committed a "catalogue" of errors, including missing signs of his infection and mistakenly thinking Jack was under a "do not resuscitate" order. | |
| The prosecution said Jack died after a series of failings by medical staff, including Dr Bawa-Garba's "failure to discharge her duty" as the responsible doctor. | |
| She was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years. |