Nurses baffled by closed medicine tube to premature baby, inquest hears

Nurses baffled by closed medicine tube to premature baby, inquest hears Angel Yu was suffering from a congenital heart defect that restricted blood flow and was receiving adrenaline at Prince of Wales Hospital An infusion tube delivering medicine to a premature baby at a Hong Kong public hospital was closed for unknown reasons shortly before her death three years ago, an inquest has heard. Two nurses testified at the Coroner’s Court on Friday about the circumstances of what Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin acknowledged as a “serious untoward event” on June 13, 2023. Both witnesses said they had no idea why a three-way valve controlling the flow of medicine to the baby was closed, even though it had been working properly and no alarm had gone off. One of them, who was primarily responsible for caring for the newborn, also said she resigned two days later as she came under immense pressure amid scathing media criticism. The deceased, Angel Yu Pui-fei, was one of a pair of twins admitted to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit after they were born two months prematurely on June 12 that year. The court heard on the first day of the inquest on Thursday that Angel suffered from a congenital heart defect that restricted blood flow to her lungs, whereas her sibling had exhibited poor growth in the womb.