{"id":134143,"date":"2023-11-24T22:54:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134143"},"modified":"2023-11-24T22:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:54:33","slug":"beautiful-baby-boy-died-suddenly-just-hours-after-doctor-diagnosed-him-with-tonsillitis-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/beautiful-baby-boy-died-suddenly-just-hours-after-doctor-diagnosed-him-with-tonsillitis-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"'Beautiful' baby boy died suddenly just 'hours after doctor diagnosed him with tonsillitis' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A BABY died less than 24 hours after a doctor diagnosed him with tonsillitis, an inquest heard.<\/p>\n

Lucas Thomas Munslow, from Flint, Wales, passed away at just nine-months-old from bacterial meningitis, the Ruthin Cornoner\u2019s Court heard.<\/p>\n

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He lost his life at the Bodelwyddan hospital on May 18, 2019, where doctors had said he had viral tonsillitis but was safe to return home less than a day earlier.<\/p>\n

John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales East and Central, said staff at the hospital had shown \u201cpoor practice\u201d and found the death was \u201cpreventable\u201d yesterday.<\/p>\n

A statement from Lucas\u2019s family said: \u201cWe lost Lucas, our first-born baby boy, in circumstances that could have been avoided.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been left deeply traumatised by the death of Lucas and continue to suffer as we try to come to terms with our loss. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe hope that this finding leads to key learnings at the trust.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will now consider their options as to whether to pursue a claim against the trust (for) clinical negligence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank the coroner, Mr John Gittins, and welcome his finding of the death of our son being preventable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acute bacterial meningitis is a deadly infection that affects around one in 100,000 Brits, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).<\/p>\n

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Symptoms include a high temperature, being sick, headaches, a rash that does not fade after pressure is applied, a stiff neck, sensitivity to light, drowsiness and seizures.<\/p>\n

The condition is incredibly serious but patient outcomes are \u201cexcellent\u201d if antimicrobial treatment starts early, according to NICE.<\/p>\n

Up to 96 per cent of children survive the illness, the health body said.<\/p>\n

The court heard the emergency department did not think Lucas was significantly ill when he was first taken to hospital at around 10pm on May 17.<\/p>\n

He was categorised as a yellow case to be seen in an hour, rather than an orange case, which should be seen in 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Nurse practitioner Carol Stevenson noted he was \u201cstiff and vacant\u201d and had a squint in the waiting room, the inquest heard.<\/p>\n

He was referred to paediatrics, where on-call doctor Kayode-Awe Olugbemiga saw him hours later and diagnosed tonsillitis after noticing a red throat.<\/p>\n

Dr Olugbemiga said there were no \u201cred flags\u201d that anything else was wrong with him and his senior Dr Solabomi Alalade also examined Lucas before they agreed to discharge him.<\/p>\n

He was released at 1am on May 18 but his parents called 999 at around 6.30pm the same day after he \u201cwent stiff\u201d and was unresponsive.<\/p>\n

Lucas was rushed back to hospital but his family said \u201cour beautiful baby boy passed away at 11.50pm\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dr George Kokai, a pathologist at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, detected evidence of meningitis in his post-mortem.<\/p>\n

Mr Gittins recorded a narrative conclusion.<\/p>\n

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Symptoms of meningitis develop suddenly and can include:<\/p>\n