Hospital where baby died from infected feed had ‘entirely unsafe system’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/24/hospital-baby-died-infected-feed-entirely-unsafe-system-guys-st-thomas

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  1. > [Dr Grenville Fox] was also asked why GSTT had put together a “holding statement” to be given to any journalist who inquired about the first outbreak, but had not alerted the media that they were dealing with an outbreak of Bacillus cereus, a potentially fatal infection.

    > In reply he told the court that “this is not any form of obfuscation or cover-up”.

    > Giving evidence two weeks ago, another GSTT doctor, Anthony Kaiser, told the coroner, Dr Julian Morris, that the trust’s handling of the outbreak, which it kept secret, was “not a cover-up”.

    How can it not be a cover up but kept secret. Why was it kept secret is what I’d like to know.