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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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EXPLAINED: Doctors not cameras save babies in intensive care | Rare Historical Photos

Newborn baby in hospital
‘Babies in neonatal intensive care units are saved by having consultant neonatologists doing rounds twice daily, trained neonatal nurses and appropriately resourced units.’ Photograph: Alamy

Re the Thirlwall report on the Lucy Letby case (Thirlwall report: what did it say about Lucy Letby case and what does it recommend?, 15 September), babies in neonatal intensive care units are saved by having consultant neonatologists (ie paediatricians who have undergone subspecialist training in neonatal medicine) doing rounds twice daily (in addition to being immediately available), trained neonatal nurses and appropriately resourced units – not by installing cameras on cots and insulin fridges.
Dr Chris Fitzpatrick
Retired consultant obstetrician; former CEO of Coombe hospital, Dublin, Ireland

• Following the introduction of a competitive element in the nominative determinism debate (Letters, 15 September), I’d like to advise everyone that I am at my peak.
Steve Munro
St Osyth, Essex

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