Baby kept on hospital trolley 16 hours

A baby was kept on a hospital trolley for 16 hours after a city ran out of children's beds, it 現れるd yesterday.

Eleven-month-old Ben Lander's 条件 悪化するd from chickenpox to 肺炎 during his wait.

The 幼児 had been taken to the Diana, Princess of むちの跡s Hospital in Birmingham on Saturday night by his parents.

But it took four hours for a doctor to see him, by which time his symptoms had become more serious.

It then took another 12 hours for Ben to be moved from the 事故 and 緊急 department to a 区. Yesterday hospital 経営者／支配人s 開始する，打ち上げるd an 調査 into the 出来事/事件-and apologised to Ben's parents, Darren and Paige Lander. They said the long wait was partly 予定 to the fact that Ben had an 感染性の 条件.

Dr Sandy Bradbrook, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the hospital, said: 'We 悔いる, unreservedly, the long 延期する in finding an 孤立／分離 cubicle for Ben.

'The 延期する was 予定 to a number of factors - not only was the hospital 十分な at the 週末, there were no 孤立するd paediatric cubicles どこかよそで in the city.

'Ben 要求するd an 孤立／分離 cubicle 予定 to his 感染性の 条件, to 保護する him and our other 患者s.

'In 協議 with Mr and Mrs Lander, it was agreed to keep Ben at the hospital, 未解決の the availability of a cubicle に引き続いて the 発射する／解雇する of another 患者 from a 区.

'We are 決定するd to find a way of 扱うing these rare occurrences more efficiently and at

an earlier 行う／開催する／段階.' He 追加するd: 'At all times, Ben was 安全な and 井戸／弁護士席 cared for.'

Dr Bradbrook said he had spoken to Ben's family and they complimented the hospital on the care they had received.

Mr Lander said his son had been 発射する／解雇するd from hospital yesterday morning and was 存在 cared for at the family home in Solihull, West Midlands.

He said: 'I sympathise with the nurses, who are having to work within such tight 制限s, but the responsible parties need to come 負かす／撃墜する from their ivory towers and spend time on the 床に打ち倒す to see what is really going on.'

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