Hospital Bosses Ignored Months of Doctors' Warnings About Lucy Letby

[Emergent]

Hospital bosses ignored months of doctors' warnings about Lucy Letby---BBC

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The hospital also delayed calling the police despite months of warnings that the nurse may have been killing babies.

The unit's lead consultant Dr Stephen Brearey first raised concerns about Letby in October 2015.

No action was taken and she went on to attack five more babies, killing two.

Letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others in a neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, in Cheshire.

The first five murders all happened between June and October 2015 and - despite months of warnings - the final two were in June 2016.

BBC Panorama and BBC News have been investigating how Letby was able to murder and harm so many babies for so long.

[Jurse, LPN]

Emergent said:

I wonder what sort of mental condition causes someone to do such an aberrant crime? It's hard to wrap one's head around this. The woman was by all appearances a normal, nice young professional. There was nothing to be gained by these twisted and evil acts. What is the inner life of someone like this?

I will use drug addicts as a metaphor. They seek drugs because of the euphoria or pleasure. It is the same for the killers who find killing pleasurable.