The parents of a baby who died shortly after he was born in hospital have said lessons must be learned from his death.

The tragedy - one of several at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry - was recalled this week during an inquest.

On Monday, Chief Coroner John Leckey called for more training for staff monitoring babies during labour and he said he is to raise the matter with Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer.

Three-week-old Kyle Parke was one of four babies who died in the hospital during a six-week period in 2006.

Kyle's mother, Shirley, now said staff need more training, after hearing the Chief Coroner say that staff did not carry out an immediate Caesarian section as they didn't spot a problem with the baby's heart rate.

The grieving mum said: "You think you go into hospital and you have a baby, everything will be okay and you are in good hands and that they know what they are doing more than you would know.

"But to think that four babies died due to something that staff were lacking in training in... it shows that they are obviously not training the staff properly in this area."

Mr Leckey said that the problem was not limited to Altnagelvin Hospital.

He said medical and nursing staff in all hospital labour wards should constantly be trained in how to interpret the results of cardiotocograph traces, which monitor heartbeats of children in the womb.

In a statement, the Western Trust said they fully accepted the Coroner's findings and they have fully implemented the recommendations made.

(BMcC)