Three-year-old girl died from sepsis just 10 hours after being admitted to A&E - because 'doctors failed to recognise her symptoms'
Daily MailA grieving family is seeking long-awaited answers at an inquest into the death of their three-year-old daughter who died after doctors failed to spot that she had sepsis. Zadie Ajetunmobi was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, in November 2022 with a high temperature but died ten hours later after a cardiac arrest. Her devastated family were unaware she had died from sepsis until post-mortem results two months later showed she had the deadly infection. Zadie was rushed to Broomfield Hospital with a high temperature but died ten hours later after a cardiac arrest The Trust also admitted having failed to update its guidance on tackling sepsis – had this been done, Zadie would have triggered the sepsis treatment 'pathway' when she was assessed in A&E.
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