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A four-week-old baby died after being left malnourished and dehydrated on an understaffed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Pontypridd Coroners’ Court has heard.

Lakshith Guptha Nalla passed away at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff in the early hours of 11 May 2024. The court was told that his parents’ lives have “changed forever” since his death.

Coroner Rachel Knight highlighted a series of failings by hospital staff in the days leading up to his death. Persistent understaffing on the ward meant baby Nalla went without food for four hours, and no one noticed he had developed an infection or was lying on cold, wet bedding, Wales Online reported.

Baby Nalla, born at 30 weeks and four days wi

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