Bereaved mother makes ammonia tests plea after son ‘could have been saved’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rohan was admitted to West Middlesex Hospital, part of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where advice was taken from the neurologists at Charing Cross Hospital, who said “he should be tested for ammonia”. “I think it is about time that this test is now used in ED and I hope NHS England are putting good measures for the emergency departments to actually take on board and take it seriously.” She suggested people admitted to hospital who are vomiting, have an altered mental state such as confusion, and possibly abdominal pain, all symptoms Rohan suffered, should undergo an ammonia test. You still hope that he's going to come home and none of this is real Pushpa Godhania on her son's death “So, they need to recognise that if he ever went into hospital and is confused it is not because he’s old, it could be because something has pushed an ammonia crisis because he’s got OTC and needs his ammonia tested. “It’s possible that people like him would die in hospital and it would just be put down to, he was a bit old.” Mrs Godhania and her father Arshi Odedra were both diagnosed with OTC after Rohan’s death.