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Anyone here been following the Lucy Letby inquiry? (lazysoci.al)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got a bit lost with it cos a) it's unfathomable b) there's a lot of info

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's what I thought it's so horrible its unbearable. When you look into the evidence against her (not just what was reported in the press) it's overwhelming. Just reading the final few hours of the live feed on her cross examination tells you a lot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

:The nurses advocating for her sound like they're doing it not just for Lucy but for themselves too, in the sense that they're terrified that they'd be next under prosecution

My understanding of the medical field is that responsibility propogates up, and many many people uo the chain of command would have to fail a patient, with the blame resting on the registrar, so it is either strange or really damning of her that they pinned this all on Lucy.

I can't make heads of it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I totally understand the fear, shit rolls downhill and high ups pin it on the most vulnerable person. There's a lot of bullying in the NHS so I'm sure people get mistreated.

Scary thing is the managers were covering for Lucy and the inquiry has shown just how much. She was in supportive text contact with one of the highest management! This quick read gives an overview

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no... okay, now I think she did do it.

Consultant paediatrician Ravi Jayaram enters the intensive care unit in the early hours of 17 February and finds Letby standing next to the incubator of a premature baby who is struggling to breathe. Letby is doing nothing to help.

I don't know what to say. This really has shaken me. I almost feel for the manager who tried to reassure Lucy that she wasn't at fault.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I know it's just awful. I remember he said he had a strong gut instinct he shouldn't leave her with the child, and he went down to reassure himself he was being ridiculous. But there she was 😲