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fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Girl, 6, sent home to die' from London A&E after doctors dismiss sickle cell complication as stomach flu

A six-year-old child with sickle cell disease died of splenic sequestration after emergency staff misdiagnosed and discharged her, and an inquest found contributory neglect by the hospital trust.
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

She died of septic shock after childbirth. Her family says faster treatment could've saved her | CBC News

She died days later at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, after her body went into septic shock from a Group A Streptococcus infection. Her family believes medical staff at Credit Valley Hospital didn't act quickly enough when Sidhu first presented signs of sepsis even ignoring pleas from the family and that her death may have been preventable if life-saving efforts were made sooner.
Toronto
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