Three-year-old child dies from cardiac arrest after its mother was kept on hold to NHS 111 for an hour

A three-year-old child died after its desperate mother spent more than an hour on hold to the NHS 111 helpline.

The ill child suffered a cardiac arrest at its home and died in hospital, according to details of critical incidents affecting children in London amid the coronavirus crisis. 

Another case saw a six-month-old die from sepsis and liver failure because the parents feared the child could catch Covid-19 in hospital, the Evening Standard reports. 

Doctors have raised concerns that parents are not seeking treatment for their children amid the outbreak.

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Source: 16 April 2020, Mail Online