Dan O'Donoghue
Dr Alison Ventress, who was a registrar at the Countess of Chester in 2015, is now in the witness box. She's taking the court through medicine charts recorded in the days following Child F's birth
Consultant paediatrician Dr Satyanarayana Saladi is in the witness box. He is taking the court through his notes from August 2015 when Child F was at the Countess of Chester
Dr Saladi is taking jurors through clinical notes from early August 2015 which show Child F's blood sugar levels were low. Other measures such as white blood cell levels were in the 'normal range' and the baby was 'handling well'
The medic says that there was no abnormal breathing or heartrate and no abnormal bowl sounds. He assessed the baby's condition as 'satisfactory' on the morning of August 5
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Dr Alison Ventress, who was a registrar at the Countess of Chester in 2015, is now in the witness box. She's taking the court through medicine charts recorded in the days following Child F's birth
She explains that a dose of insulin would always be prescribed by a doctor and it would always be administered as a separate infusion, never added to another fluid
A nurse, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is now giving evidence. She is going over her notes from the morning of 3 August 2015, which show that Child F was in some respiratory distress, but was coping well.
By the end of her shift that day he was 'satisfactory' showing 'no signs of any issues'
The nurse's notes show that in the hours before Child F's heart rate surged to over 200bmp and his blood sugars dropped, he was stable and handling well
Her notes also show that Child F was, at the request of his parents, due to be moved from the Countess of Chester to another hospital, but the transport team was unavailable due to another unrelated emergency
