I had intended to post a mother-by-mother analysis of the publicly available obstetric details, to show how consideration of the pregnancies and births might have helped the court. But my scene-set…| Ripe-tomato.org
The parents were granted anonymity, so the court labelled the children chronologically as “Child A, B, … Q”. Here is the appeal court’s summary of the charges for which Letby was convicted in the first trial and the methods she used. In addition there was child K, for whom the original jury were unable to … … Continue reading →| Ripe-tomato.org
As far as I know, no obstetrician appeared as an expert witness at the trial. This may not surprise most people; the allegations were of murder and attempted murder in a neonatal unit. But it’s surprising to obstetricians, because almost all neonatal problems have their origin in pregnancy. Prematurity obviously, but much else as well. … … Continue reading →| Ripe-tomato.org
Background I am emeritus professor of obstetrics & gynaecology at the University of Nottingham and, until I retired in 2024, was a consultant obstetrician at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS…| Ripe-tomato.org
Here we, mainly Keelin O’Donoghue, make our best guesses about duplicates. Click here for links to primary sources. Pre 2020 (Clade 1) Total 8 reported cases. 5 Congo (MP1, MP6, MP21, MP22, MP27). 1 Zaire (MP3, MP29, MP30). 2 Nigeria (MP2, MP25). Note no pregnancy cases in the 2003 USA outbreak (MP4) 2020 onwards Total […]| Ripe-tomato.org
For scientific primary sources for mPox in pregnancy (click here). In this regularly updated post we list mainstream news reports only. As far a possible we avoid duplicate reports. To date, August…| Ripe-tomato.org
Flowing east to west for nearly 400 km, I’ve divided the Bamberg to Rhine section into four; Bamberg to Schweinfurt (brewery section), the triangle (Maindreieck), the rectangle (Mainviereck) …| Ripe-tomato.org
My first ChatGPT I entered “The life and works of the poet Philip Larkin in 1000 words” here. 450 came back. Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was a British poet, novelist, and librarian who is widely rega…| Ripe-tomato.org
by James Fenton A friend told me today that this poem had recently cheered up one of his elderly relatives while she recovered from a brush with the orthopods. I confess I wasn’t familiar wit…| Ripe-tomato.org
Was NICE fooled? On 16 November 2022 the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published IPG744, Advice on Balloon disimpaction of the baby’s head at emergency caesarean during the seco…| Ripe-tomato.org
