Baby Boy Died When Doctor 'Mixed Up Tubes in Operation' ; I've Made a Big Mistake, Anaesthetist Is Said to Have Told Parents

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A BABY died during a routine operation when a doctor injected air into his bloodstream by mistake, a jury was told yesterday.

Dr Robert Falconer inserted the syringe into the wrong tube, the court heard, causing six-week-old Aaron Havard's heart to stop.

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Baby Boy Died When Doctor 'Mixed Up Tubes in Operation' ; I've Made a Big Mistake, Anaesthetist Is Said to Have Told Parents

The anaesthetist is then said to have told the boy's devastated parents: 'I've made a big mistake. It...