UK Healthcare Worker Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Eight Babies

UK Healthcare Worker Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Eight Babies
A security officer stands outside the entrance to the Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, United Kingdom, July 3, 2018. Reuters/Andrew Yates
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LONDON—A British female healthcare worker has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to murder six others after an investigation into deaths at a neonatal unit in northern England, police said on Tuesday.

The arrest came after an inquiry into the deaths of 17 babies and 15 “non-fatal collapses” between March 2015 and July 2016 at The Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.