Trust apologises after delivery errors leave baby brain damaged

A spokesman for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust said a full investigation and review had been carried out into the incident which led to Xavier's injuries and staff also met the family shortly after the birth to discuss the delivery.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust has apologised to a family after a baby was left blind in one eye and brain-damaged when hospital medical staff made a catalogue of errors during a routine birth.

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