A nurse with greater than 20 years’ expertise was ‘struck’ by a rash that appeared on a child allegedly murdered by Lucy Letby, a trial has heard.
Caroline Oakley advised Manchester Crown Courtroom she had beforehand by no means seen the ‘uncommon’ colouring in any new child toddler earlier than.
The infant lady, known as Little one D, is claimed to be the third youngster murdered by Letby in a two-week interval.
Mrs Oakley was the designated nurse for Little one D within the neo-natal unit on the Countess of Chester Hospital on the night time shift of June 21 2015, jurors heard.
Letby, 32, was assigned to 2 different infants in the identical intensive care room.
Mrs Oakley stated she was ‘very comfortable’ with Little one D who was ‘steady’ from when she got here on shift at 8pm.
However at 1.30am she was all of a sudden referred to as to the nursery, the court docket was advised.
Giving proof from behind a display screen, Mrs Oakley stated: ‘I keep in mind being on my break, I had solely been gone half an hour.’
Her nursing notes recorded that Little one D’s oxygen ranges had dropped and she or he had misplaced color.
She additionally recorded a deep crimson or brown rash on the infant’s pores and skin.
Mrs Oakley stated: ‘I don’t keep in mind particularly the precise rash however I keep in mind I had not seen it earlier than. It was darkish, It was uncommon.
‘The rash struck me. I had not seen that rash on a child I had sorted.
‘Generally when a child is poorly they lose their color they usually have a mottled look throughout, the place this was only a rash particularly in these locations. That's what stayed with me.’
Little one D was handled by a health care provider, the rash was then resolved and she or he once more turned ‘steady’.
However by 3.35am, the infant’s monitor alarm had sounded the new child stopped respiratory, the court docket was advised.
Resuscitation commenced however Little one D was pronounced useless at 4.25am.
Ben Myers KC, defending Letby, requested the witness: ‘Spherical concerning the time this occurred was there some dialogue on the unit that individuals had seen an uncommon rash on a number of different infants?’
Mrs Oakley replied: ‘I do keep in mind that.’
Mr Myers stated: ‘And folks evaluating their recollections of what they'd seen in different infants?’
Mrs Oakley stated: ‘I can’t keep in mind the specifics however individuals had commented on a distinct rash just lately.’
The Crown says Letby injected a deadly quantity of air into Little one D’s bloodstream.
Mr Myers has beforehand advised the jury there was extra proof that an infection performed an element in her loss of life and the hospital failed to offer ample care.
Letby, initially from Hereford, denies the murders of seven infants and the tried murders of 10 others on the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
The trial continues on Monday.
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