Premature baby was not put on ventilator

There is to be an enquiry into the case of a premature baby born at 23 weeks' gestation who was not placed on a ventilator because the doctor decided she was “not viable.”

Mrs Kirsty Cassidy gave birth to a baby girl weighing 1 lb 4 oz (567 g) on 9 September at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine and maintains she was 25 weeks into the pregnancy. She says the baby was breathing for at …