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Luke Day who was born at Ipswich hospital's maternity unit on 2 February 2005 has died from Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus the MRSA superbug; he died 36 hours after his birth.
A post mortem examination, carried out at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London, found the cause of death was septicaemia caused by MRSA.
All maternity staff and members of Luke's family had been swabbed but no trace of MRSA has been found, Hospital officials admitted that despite exhaustive tests they were no nearer to discovering the source of the infection.
Luke's parents, Glynis Day, 17, and Kevin Fenton, 24, accused Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, of a cover-up over poor standards of hygiene.
Glynis Day said: "I just want people to know what can happen.
"I want something done about it, even though it's not going to bring him back”.
Luke's father said: "I have no confidence in the NHS now - if I ever have to go into hospital I will be afraid. I would never go to Ipswich Hospital now”.
Michael Howard, the Conservative leader, whose mother-in-law died from the superbug, sent his "deepest sympathies" to the family.
"Cleaner hospitals are one of our five priorities," he said. "We have set out very clearly the actions we will take to deal with MRSA”.
John Reid, the Health Secretary, said that only one of 2,000 infant deaths each year was caused by MRSA.
"Our thoughts are with the family. I do not know any other details yet. No doubt the hospital will conduct its own inquiry”.
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