1054AM GMT twelve March 2010
An inquisition listened 21-month-old Oliver Martin was rushed to sanatorium by his mother, a district nurse, when he fell severely ill at home.
He was displaying multiform of the critical symptoms of meningitis, together with a unreasonable that did not vanish when pressed, high temperature, dark mettle and lethargy.
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He was subsequently seen by a serve 4 alternative doctors - but was not since antibiotics until eight and a half hours after his attainment at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
By afterwards it was as well late, and Oliver, of Welford, Northants, died of meningococcal septicaemia, a sort of red blood poisoning caused by the same germ as meningitis, a short time later.
Oliver"s mother, Louise Martin, 27, was as well dissapoint to attend the inquisition at Leicester Town Hall.
But vocalization afterwards, his aunt, Susan Wilson, who sat by the evidence, pronounced "He was unsuccessful from the impulse we walked by the door.
"His diagnosis was disgusting. The healing contention let him down. I"m very, really angry.
"The Government tells us by their leaflets to certitude the instincts and not take any chances, to get young kids to sanatorium and get antibiotics.
"And Oliver did - but eight-and-a-half hours later, and by afterwards it was as well late.
"If his silent had kept him at home and since him a sip of Nurofen, that is fundamentally what the sanatorium did, she would be on a kid slight and killing assign now.
"But what have the Leicester Royal Infirmary got? Nothing. We"ve not even had an apology.
"If this inquisition prevents this function again, afterwards it will have been worthwhile."
Leicester City Coroner Catherine Mason, who available a account verdict, criticised "poor" report exchnage in between staff at the sanatorium that meant critical report about Oliver"s condition and symptoms was not upheld on when his box was handed over.
She combined "Had progressing diagnosis been since Oliver might still have died, but on the change of probabilities his chances of presence would have been better."
The inquisition listened Oliver was taken to the sanatorium by his mom at around 10am on May thirteen last year, and initial seen by Accident and Emergency alloy Kalmjit Kaur.
She remarkable a series of probable diagnoses, together with meningitis, but suspected it was some-more expected he was pang from duck pox.
Crucially, she chose not to discharge antibiotics - and instead motionless Oliver"s condition should simply be monitored.
He was after changed to the children"s ward, where endangered nurses attempted to get the avocation paediatric registrar, Dr Manjith Narayanan, to re-examine him.
But he unsuccessful to do so for over an hour since he had been told at the begin of his dusk change that Oliver"s condition was "not serious".
He pronounced "If I had been since all of the report I would"ve come out of the hand-over, left to see him true afar and since him antibiotics."
Doctors in the future suspected meningococcal septicaemia and systematic a march of the anti-viral drug at 6.30pm. But Oliver died at around 10pm.
Kevin Harris, the behaving healing executive at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust pronounced "We accept the coroner"s outcome following the inquisition in to Oliver Martin"s death.
"We would similar to to demonstrate the frank condolences to his family for the dissapoint and trouble caused.
"If Oliver"s family have any questions following the outcome we would acquire the event to plead these with them."
