Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
Page 1 of 1 • Share •
Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
A midwife has been struck off after she failed to tell doctors that an aborted baby was alive and also told a concerned relative that he was moving all four limbs because of a 'reflex'.
The baby clung to life for 15 minutes before his heart stopped, with Bernadette Joanna Kelly wrapping him in an incontinence pad at the Medway Maritime hospital, in Gillingham, Kent. Details of the tragedy emerged at a tribunal of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which will remove Miss Kelly from the register next month. The hearing was told the baby had showed signs of life, with all four limbs moving, after it was terminated early because of severe genetic defects.
The baby was born at too early a stage to live but instead of informing senior staff, Miss Kelly wrapped the foetus in an incontinence pad and kept quiet for seven hours.
She admitted wrongdoing to the council but a panel said she did not act dishonestly, as she genuinely believed the baby was experiencing a reflex action when it was born.
However, they found that she should have immediately told other staff about the incident and documented what happened.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6636991/Midwife-struck-treatment-baby-aborted-16-weeks-born-alive.html
The baby clung to life for 15 minutes before his heart stopped, with Bernadette Joanna Kelly wrapping him in an incontinence pad at the Medway Maritime hospital, in Gillingham, Kent. Details of the tragedy emerged at a tribunal of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which will remove Miss Kelly from the register next month. The hearing was told the baby had showed signs of life, with all four limbs moving, after it was terminated early because of severe genetic defects.
The baby was born at too early a stage to live but instead of informing senior staff, Miss Kelly wrapped the foetus in an incontinence pad and kept quiet for seven hours.
She admitted wrongdoing to the council but a panel said she did not act dishonestly, as she genuinely believed the baby was experiencing a reflex action when it was born.
However, they found that she should have immediately told other staff about the incident and documented what happened.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6636991/Midwife-struck-treatment-baby-aborted-16-weeks-born-alive.html
Thor- Posts : 2967
Join date : 2018-11-16
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
What would anyone have done about it anyway? Bopped the baby on the head to kill it?
How utterly revolting abortions are.
How utterly revolting abortions are.
_________________
"It ain't over 'til it's over"
Raggamuffin- Posts : 32340
Join date : 2014-02-10
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
Raggamuffin wrote:What would anyone have done about it anyway? Bopped the baby on the head to kill it?
How utterly revolting abortions are.
Is dishonesty right or wrong?
Thor- Posts : 2967
Join date : 2018-11-16
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
Thor wrote:Raggamuffin wrote:What would anyone have done about it anyway? Bopped the baby on the head to kill it?
How utterly revolting abortions are.
Is dishonesty right or wrong?
she wasn't dishonest
gelico- Posts : 1961
Join date : 2017-07-07
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
Raggamuffin wrote:What would anyone have done about it anyway? Bopped the baby on the head to kill it?
How utterly revolting abortions are.
agreed
gelico- Posts : 1961
Join date : 2017-07-07
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
gelico wrote:Thor wrote:
Is dishonesty right or wrong?
she wasn't dishonest
Well no matter if the panel found that she was not dishonest, to me holding such information is being dishonest
That is my opinion
You may find this interesting and also quite appalling Gelico
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-abortion-law-in-new-york-will-change-and-how-it-wont
Thor- Posts : 2967
Join date : 2018-11-16
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
Abortions aren’t wrong unless they performed by at least eight weeks.
_________________
A Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhood
Somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
And light up my yard
- Barenaked Ladies.
eddie- King of Beards. Keeper of the Whip. Top Chef. BEES!!!!!! Mushroom muncher. Spider aficionado!
- Posts : 36722
Join date : 2013-07-28
Age : 48
Location : England
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
8weeks?
OP, a very sad & distressing case.
The parents did not complain about what happened. The midwife said she told the other staff what was happening but the staff denied this. I don't believe the staff, it's possible that they have scapegoated this poor midwife.
I have witnessed several enquiries like this and seen the way people carefully cover their own backs, whilst hanging others out to dry. No wonder the lady herself wanted to leave the profession.

OP, a very sad & distressing case.


I have witnessed several enquiries like this and seen the way people carefully cover their own backs, whilst hanging others out to dry. No wonder the lady herself wanted to leave the profession.
_________________
In the midst of winter I found there was within me, an invincible summer - Camus.
Jules- Posts : 2809
Join date : 2016-07-30
Location : Vantage Point
Re: Midwife is struck off over treatment of baby aborted at 16 weeks which was 'born alive
Jules wrote:8weeks?![]()
OP, a very sad & distressing case.![]()
The parents did not complain about what happened. The midwife said she told the other staff what was happening but the staff denied this. I don't believe the staff, it's possible that they have scapegoated this poor midwife.
I have witnessed several enquiries like this and seen the way people carefully cover their own backs, whilst hanging others out to dry. No wonder the lady herself wanted to leave the profession.
Interesting Jules. Though why from a position of not knowing here, have you decided that she is telling the truth and all the others are lying?
Its quite possible they may hold grudge, but all of them? Seems far fetched to make such an assertion
It is a tragic situation, that we can all agree on. I dont deny she may have been used as a scapegoat, but she herself admitted to wrong doing.
Not only that she botched up another another incident. Which may have been caused by her emotions from the earlier incident, but this is the telling point to me.
A hearing heard she 'didn't care' what its outcome was, while Tim Mann, from the NMC, said she displayed 'no remorse' while spending 18 months suspended.
He said: 'The panel took into account that Ms Kelly's registration has already been subject to an 18 month period of suspension. Ms Kelly has not used that period of suspension to reflect or to remediate her practice.
'The panel therefore considered that it is unlikely that she would use a further suspension for these purposes.
'The panel therefore concluded that it was not in the public interest to impose a further period of suspension on a midwife who has totally disengaged from the regulatory process.
Thor- Posts : 2967
Join date : 2018-11-16

» Travelling to Miami area- Need milk for my baby while there
» Looking for milk for adopted baby
» 4th baby due - medically unable to nurse, live in Raleigh area
» baby p and the internet
» Missing Baby Lisa: Family Attorney Says Cadaver Dogs May be Misleading Officials
» Looking for milk for adopted baby
» 4th baby due - medically unable to nurse, live in Raleigh area
» baby p and the internet
» Missing Baby Lisa: Family Attorney Says Cadaver Dogs May be Misleading Officials
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
» Donald Trump Vent Thread
» 'It is our future': children call time on climate inaction in UK
» Violent rioters, Winston Churchill holding back - and a cynical twisting of the truth: GUY WALTERS on the real story of the Tonypandy miners’ strike
» 'Fire Leave voters first, that's what they voted for': Terry Christian sparks fury by saying bosses who may be forced to lay people off after Brexit should start with Leavers
» Where Are Feminist Democrats on Afghan Women?
» Children were being abused on an industrial scale on Corbyn's doorstep... yet he did nothing
» What is wrong with Trump?
» New evidence suggests Jussie Smollett orchestrated attack
» I'm proof jihadi brides DO deserve a second chance! Middlesex bank clerk's daughter fled to Syria with her ISIS husband where she was raped and escaped while pregnant - but is now happily married in suburbia
» Veya's Dance Party
» 'I'm really not attracted to him like I was before': Woman is SLAMMED for revealing she wants to break up with her boyfriend after he cried and admitted he was RAPED as a child
» So this is how I am and this is why I can call myself honest
» Bill Weld Is Prepping To Be the First—and Most Improbable—Primary Challenger to Donald Trump
» Cold Medicine For Your Gross Sick Friend
» Trump team tries to hide the fact that Trump is obese
» NO EVIDENCE OF RUSSIA COLLUSION Investigation Concludes
» BBC producer says hospital scenes after 2018 Douma ‘chemical attack’ were staged
» Hilarious? Or grotesque bad taste?
» Regressive Left Can't Get Laid Due To "Trump Disorder"