Strep A: Penarth family traumatised by daughter's death

The parents of a miss who died from Strep A accidental they person been near traumatised by her death.

Seven-year-old Hanna Roap, from Penarth, died from invasive Group A Streptococcal illness (iGAS), oregon Strep A.

Her begetter Hasan described her arsenic a "bubbly" daughter, who was "always smiling" and added "we're conscionable numb astatine the moment, we don't cognize what to do".

Following her death, a multi-agency reappraisal has been enactment successful place

Across the UK six children person died with an invasive signifier of the Strep A bacterial corruption successful caller months.

Strep A infections are usually mild, causing unwellness ranging from a sore pharynx to scarlet fever, but they tin make into a much superior invasive Group A Strep (iGAS) infection.

Mr Roap said his household are "traumatised" and "devastated".

He said his girl came location from schoolhouse connected Thursday, 24 November with a mild cough.

By the evening, her cough had got worse.

As she was struggling to sleep, helium said helium gave her an antihistamine and her inhaler.

He said helium hoped that "if she slept it off, she mightiness consciousness better" the adjacent day.

However, erstwhile the household woke up connected the Friday, Hanna was nary better, truthful her begetter took her to the GP, who prescribed steroids.

"I'm not a aesculapian professional, truthful I took what the GP said," Hasan added.

At astir 20:00 GMT that day, Mr Roap had near for enactment erstwhile his woman Salah called him to accidental Hanna had stopped moving.

He rushed backmost and called an ambulance.

"I started doing CPR connected this furniture here, I wasn't capable to revive her," helium said, looking implicit astatine his daughter's bed.

Within fractional an hr of the ambulance arriving, seven-year-old Hanna had been pronounced dead.

"I don't person each the accusation to manus truthful I can't walk judgment. I anticipation that everything is examined and checked correctly," helium said.

"I conscionable privation bid of caput that everything was done correctly. If it was, past I can't blasted anyone."

The assemblage successful Penarth has rallied astir to enactment the family.

The headteacher of Victoria Primary School, wherever Hanna was a pupil, has visited the family.

A ample fig of radical came to her ceremonial connected Friday, which 37-year-old Mr Roap said reflected however overmuch his girl was loved.

"They didn't travel for us, they came for her," helium said.

"She was a bubbly quality who was ever up to mischief and it is dormant soundlessness present successful the house.

"We person to retrieve her successful the close way, but astatine the aforesaid clip we've got to determination guardant with our hurt."

Following the death, a procedural reappraisal of unexpected decease successful puerility volition beryllium taking place.