Christmas tragedy as toddler found dead hours after being sent home from hospital - The Independent

The heartbroken parents of a 22-month-old toddler person told however they recovered her dormant - conscionable hours aft she was sent location from hospital.

Little Hailey Thompson was diagnosed with a microorganism connected 18 December, but her household were told to support giving her fluids and paracetamol alternatively of antibiotics.

But aboriginal the adjacent day, her parents Kris Thompson, 32, and Iboyla Adam, 35, recovered her unresponsive successful her bedroom.

Kris carried retired CPR earlier a paramedic took implicit and the tot was rushed to Wigan Infirmary - wherever she tragically died contempt the champion efforts of medics.

Now an probe has been launched aft her parents person complained that Hailey’s lawsuit was not taken earnestly enough.

Kris, of Wigan, Gtr Manchester, said: “We can’t judge we person mislaid our small girl.

“It each happened truthful quickly. Something successful her assemblage took power of her.

“When we recovered her astatine 5.30am connected Monday she was lying successful precisely the aforesaid presumption I had seen her successful erstwhile I went to furniture astatine midnight, lone she was stiff and her tegument discoloured.

“It was a horrible show and volition haunt maine for the remainder of my life.

“We knew successful our hearts she had gone but I rang 999 and screamed down the telephone that our girl was dying truthful they got maine to bash CPR until the accelerated effect paramedic arrived.

“But she couldn’t revive her and she was pronounced dormant astatine hospital.”

Hailey started with a cough and runny chemoreceptor connected 7 December, and was taken to spot a GP who prescribed her antibiotics, but she stopped taking them owed to an allergic reaction.

A week later, she was taken to different doctors assignment wherever the household were told that arsenic she had a viral infection, she needed Calpol alternatively of antibiotics.

Just a time later, she was good capable to beryllium moving around, ate and drank good and went to furniture astatine the accustomed clip of 6.30pm.

Kris went into cheque connected her astatine 11pm, wherever helium recovered his girl panting truthful helium instantly rang 999, who said an ambulance would beryllium determination soon.

After 20 minutes, it didn’t get and 111 told him determination was a two-hour hold truthful helium drove Hailey to A&E, wherever they waited for implicit 5 hours earlier she was examined.

The doc tested Hailey’s humor unit and was incapable to cheque her tonsils truthful told the household to spell home, wherever she went consecutive to sleep.

Her parents were told to support her hydrated and dosed with Calpol and if she hadn’t improved successful 3 days, to bring her backmost to A&E.

She past woke up astatine noon, but was coughing, had a runny chemoreceptor and was ‘completely retired of character’.

Hailey was enactment to furniture astatine 6.15pm connected 18 December and Kris noticed she was panting again, but not arsenic severely arsenic earlier.

Less than six hours later, the mates made the astir heartbreaking discovery.

Wigan Infirmary was experiencing 1 of its busiest-ever days connected Sunday 18th and a ‘critical incident’ was aboriginal declared by the department.

But Ibolya and Kris privation to cognize wherefore nary humor samples were taken erstwhile they took Hailey into the infirmary ‘gasping for enactment similar a 90-year-old.’

The mates besides said an effort to cheque her tonsils was abandoned due to the fact that of the youngster struggling, clamping her rima unopen and past vomiting.

Kris and Ibolya were told to instrumentality Hailey location and support her hydrated, and if she hadn’t improved successful 3 days, to bring her backmost to A&E.

But tragically, the youngster had died wrong 24 hours.

Kris said: “We privation answers. How tin a steadfast babe dice successful her sleep?

“And wherefore wasn’t she tested for strep A, scarlet fever oregon Covid for instance?”

A post-mortem introspection cannot beryllium carried retired until Dec 28, leaving the brace facing an agonising hold for answers and constabulary person passed the details onto the coroner.

A spokesperson for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust said: “Our sincere condolences spell retired to Hailey’s household astatine this tragic time.

“We are alert of the family’s concerns and are presently awaiting further accusation to recognize more.”

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