Callum Cartlidge collapsed the day after his eighth birthday after being discharged and sent home A critically ill boy was failed by hospital staff who discharged him without a blood test hours before he fatally collapsed at home, a coroner has said. Callum Cartlidge, described as a friendly, smiley child, died the day after his eighth birthday. He suffered a cardiac arrest at home in Redditch, Worcestershire, on March 3, 2017.
Critically ill boy died after Worcester hospital failed to do blood test
The Guardian - 4 May 2018 16:50
Callum Cartlidge collapsed the day after his eighth birthday after being discharged and sent home A critically ill boy was failed by hospital staff who discharged him without a blood test hours before he fatally collapsed at home, a coroner has said. Callum Cartlidge, described as a friendly, smiley child, died the day after his eighth birthday. He suffered a cardiac arrest at home in Redditch, Worcestershire, on March 3, 2017.
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