Dr Daynia Balldt who was in charge of the neonatal ward briefed the committee about the events that led to the death of the 6 neonates at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. She informed the committee that the first baby had diarrhoea on Friday, 14 May 2010 but his condition then improved. Thirteen babies were sick on Saturday, 15 May 2010 and by Sunday the number had increased to seventeen. The 5 neonates died on Monday, 17 May 2010 and the sixth one died in the evening of Tuesday, 18 May 2010.