An eight-year-old girl died of sepsis hours after she was sent home by a GP who said that the local hospital was full and advised her mother to give her fluids and ibuprofen.
Mia Glynn visited a GP surgery twice in four days but her parents Soron, 39, and Katie, 37, were told to take her home, even though she displayed symptoms of group A strep.
Her parents, from Biddulph, Staffordshire, first took Mia to the doctor on 5 December 2022, after she had begun vomiting, had a severe headache and complained of a sore throat.
They returned to the surgery on 8 December after Mia, who hadn’t eaten properly for the past three days, had a raised heart rate, reduced urine output and was feeling sleepy.
The Glynns were told to take their daughter home because the hospital was full and they would have to wait in a corridor.
Mia slept in her parents’ bed that night but woke up in the early hours of 9 December, disorientated, with blue lips and rashes on her arms and legs. She complained of feeling hot but was cold to touch.
After being rushed to the hospital by an ambulance, she was given intravenous fluids and antibiotics, but went into suspected septic shock and suffered a cardiac arrest about 15 minutes after arriving. Despite attempts to resuscitate her, she died 20 minutes later. Her cause of death was given as sepsis caused by a group A strep infection.
Victoria Zinzan, a specialist medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell who is representing the couple, said: “Sadly through our work we see too many families affected by sepsis; with Mia’s death vividly highlighting the dangers of the condition. Early diagnosis and treatment is key to beating sepsis, therefore it’s vital people know what signs to look out for when it comes to detecting this incredibly dangerous and life-threatening condition.”
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Source: The Times, 15 September 2024
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