Health official ‘did not monitor twins’

A HEALTH visitor accused of failing to properly monitor adopted twins had a smaller caseload than her colleagues.

One of the Romanian orphan twins died aged 14 months after suffering multiple fractures, less than four months after being adopted and taken to live in Portadown, Co Armagh, in July 2000, it was disclosed yesterday at a Nursing and Midwifery Council professional conduct hearing.

Thirteen days later his twin was taken to hospital with a fractured skull after being beaten by his father.