Drug mix-updenied afterbaby death

THE mother of a four-month-old baby who died after receiving too much medicine wept as she told an inquest she would not have given her daughter the wrong dose.

Abbie Jones died in June 2006 after receiving 10 times the amount of medicine she needed for medical problems related to her Down’s Syndrome and a hole in her heart.

Her mother, Maxine Winfield, of Worsbrough, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, told an inquest into her death yesterday she would never have given her daughter more than the prescribed dosage.

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The inquest in Sheffield heard that Abbie was prescribed a number of medicines, including frusemide, after problems feeding and breathing.

The frusemide was originally prescribed to be administered in two daily doses of 4ml each and this was later increased to 5ml.

But when Miss Winfield raised concerns about her daughter having difficulties in keeping down large amounts of liquid, a new prescription was given. These bottles contained a concentration 10 times stronger than the original prescription with the instructions being to administer just 0.5ml twice a day.

Giving evidence, Miss Winfield said she always gave her daughter the amount of medicine stated on the labels and denied mixing up prescriptions.

The hearing continues.