Parents on trial: Doctor concerned sick baby wouldn’t make it through the night
CALGARY — A trial for a couple charged in the death of their 14-month-old son heard a doctor describe how she kept the child’s heart beating long enough for his parents to make it to his bedside.
A jury heard testimony Tuesday in the case of Jeromie and Jennifer Clark, who have pleaded not guilty to criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessaries of life for their son John.
Meagan Mahoney was in charge of the intensive care unit at the Alberta Children’s Hospital when John arrived on Nov. 28, 2013.
The jury heard that his temperature was abnormally low, he was covered in a rash and that some of his toes had turned purple-black. Another doctor who treated John initially in the emergency room, Hussein Unwala, said John was alert when he arrived, but soon became sleepy and showed signs of potential brain problems.