Babies died after London hospital’s neglect – inquest jury

Elena’s mother Selena Ali said: “It was so shocking when Elena first died, we were told she died cause of extreme prematurity.

“It was only 13 days later we got a call from the chief nurse to say, ‘we’ve got bad news, there was a medication error’.”

Sunny’s mother Kerstin Propst says she couldn’t believe this could happen to two babies.

“It’s shocking – especially a big hospital like that, especially twice, it makes you think how many more things happen that people are not aware of.”

The families’ solicitor Frankie Rhodes said the verdict would hopefully give “some closure” to the families after four years, but highlighted a “catalogue of errors and basic failings from the nurses involved in both babies’ care”.

“It is shocking that these premature babies, some of the most vulnerable in society, were put at risk – and both Elena and Sunny needlessly lost their lives due to failures to do simple checks which are a fundamental part of a neonatal nurses’ job,” she said.