Baby boy tragically dies after being 'injured' at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
A two-month-old baby boy has tragically died after being 'injured' at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Police raced to the Infirmary after receiving reports of a young baby in hospital having been hurt on Wednesday, June 11.
It was confirmed by officers that the infant had sadly passed away following the incident, which is now being probed, reports Aberdeen Live.
The force has said that enquiries to establish the circumstances of the 'unexplained' death are ongoing and that a report is due to be sent to the procurator fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 12.30am on Wednesday, June 11, we were made aware of an injured two-month-old baby boy at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He died a short time later. His family is aware.
"The death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances. A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal in due course."
On Saturday, in a separate incident, we reported that the parents of a baby who died at Scotland's largest hospital told of how they felt blamed for the death of their daughter.
Tiny Freya Murphy was born with significant brain and organ damage after a catalogue of failures at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow led to her death.
Her parents Karen and Martin were devastated when they had to allow Freya's life support machines to be switched off when she was just seven days old.
A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) found staffing shortages, medics' failure to notice that the baby was in distress as well as a lack of screening for Group B Streptococcus were factors in the youngster's death.
However the couple have said they have been left with more questions than answers after the FAI which took seven years to conclude.
Dad Martin, 44, from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, said: 'It was the worst thing anyone could imagine happening to them. We left that hospital with no baby and no answers.'
An NHSGGC spokeswoman said: "We would like to extend our sincerest condolences to the family of Freya Murphy, and once again to apologise for the distress they have experienced.
"Freya's death was the subject of a Fatal Accident Inquiry. We have received the recommendations of this and are working to implement them in full. This includes carrying out a review of staffing levels, and, in line with a recommendation on Group B Streptococcus, we plan to make a formal approach to the UK National Screening Committee."
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