Original article here – The Herald: https://archive.ph/J1Tnn#selection-1553.0-1553.145
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into a “very unusual” spike in deaths among newborn babies in Scotland for the second time in just six months.
The alarm was raised after 18 infants died within four weeks of birth in March, causing the mortality rate to breach an upper warning threshold known as the ‘control limit’ which signals a potential problem.
The alarm was raised after 18 infants died within four weeks of birth in March, causing the mortality rate to breach an upper warning threshold known as the ‘control limit’ which signals a potential problem. The control limit was previously exceeded in September last year, when 21 neotatal deaths were recorded. It was the first time this had occurred since monitoring began in July 2017. Public Health Scotland tracks the neonatal mortality rate on a monthly basis to identify any abnormal increases which are unlikely to be down to chance.
The unexpectedly high levels of neonatal mortality in September 2021 and March this year are being investigated (Source: Public Health Scotland)
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