CHESTER, ENGLAND —UPDATED
At the Countess of Chester NHS Hospital, a 28-year-old nurse has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight (8) babies and trying to kill six (6) others at the hospital’s neo-natal unit.
Detectives began investigating Countess of Chester Hospital more than a year ago, after the hospital reported a higher than expected mortality rate on the unit that cares for premature babies.
The probe initially focused on the deaths of eight (8) babies but police said they are now investigating seventeen (17) infant fatalities at the unit between 2015 and 2016.
Every patient’s family’s nightmare. Hospital horror.
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Woman arrested on suspicion of murdering 8 babies at Countess of Chester Hospital in UK