Derek Richford says East Kent Hospitals Trust was 'dismissive' over his grandson Harry's death.
The grandfather of a baby who died at a hospital which was fined over failings in the delivery has spoken of his five-year fight for justice.
He said he "came up against a brick wall" while searching for answers over the death of grandson Harry Richford.Image caption,An inquest into Harry's death at Margate's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in 2017 found it wasCoroner Christopher Sutton-Mattocks said the inquest, which was finally held in 2020, was only ordered due to the family's persistence.
"The trust were refusing at that time to call the coroner. They were reporting Harry's death as 'expected'.He said at a meeting with the trust, more than five months later, "we suddenly realised that there were a huge [number] of errors".Mr Richford told the BBC: "It took me about a year to come up with all the detail I needed and to speak to all the right people.
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