Child awarded £2.4 m damages

London - A child left seriously brain damaged after a hospital muddle over surnames during blood transfusion was yesterday awarded…

London - A child left seriously brain damaged after a hospital muddle over surnames during blood transfusion was yesterday awarded about £2.4 million High Court damages.

James Green was given A rhesus negative cells, rather than O rhesus positive cells in March 1992 to combat neonatal jaundice when he was three days old at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex.

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