A doctor has apologized for not requesting physiotherapy sooner for a baby, who died days following the incident in 2009.

The doctor is accused of mistreating the family of the seriously-ill baby named, Hayley Fullerton, who died of heart failure at Birmingham Children's Hospital on November 11 2009. The family of the baby girl has accused the medical staff of neglecting her and also ignoring their concerns the baby's breathing while she was recovering from corrective heart surgery.

Paula Stevenson, the mother of the baby, from Northern Ireland said in a hearing into Hayley's death that she felt her child had been failed "abominably" by medical staff. She described her experience as brutal with the experience.

She told Aidan Cotter, Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, which had travelled from Northern Ireland to Birmingham in October 2009. They stayed in a hotel near the hospital, where the baby was being treated. It was herd in the inquiry that after the family was informed that Hayley's right lung had collapsed, the family has asked Dr Oliver Stumper about possible treatment. The family was told that physiotherapy would be arranged for the following day, it was herd.

Dr Stumper said, "I think we provided therapy by and large at the right time. I express my frustration and apology that we failed, that I failed, to request physiotherapy on the evening of November 9. Having said that, she did improve after she received physiotherapy on November 10."