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Neglect contributed to 15-year-old schoolgirl's meningitis death, coroner rules
Ambulance workers were guilty of "gross failings to provide basic care" in the death of a 15-year-old schoolgirl from meningitis, a coroner has ruled.
Zara Cheesman, who died at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham in December, had shown "red flags" of the disease, and might have survived but for the "neglect" of East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), coroner Elizabeth Didcock said. Concluding the inquest into the schoolgirl's death at Nottingham Coroner's Court on Wednesday, Ms Didcock said she was "satisfied neglect contributed to Zara's death".
Donald Trump state visit - latest She added: "In this case, it is the total picture of the EMAS assessment that amounts to neglect." Two technicians who assessed Zara and did not take her to hospital were guilty of "gross failings to provide basic care". Ms Didcock said there was an opportunity missed "to provide treatment on the 21st of December 2024 that likely would have been lifesaving".
The teenager, from the Mapperley Park area of the city, went to A&E the day before after vomiting and suffering from neck and shoulder pain, but she was discharged with a suspected case of norovirus. Dr Derek Huffadine, a paediatric emergency medicine registrar at QMC, considered Zara might have meningitis but decided not to do blood tests because he didn't think they would help on the basis of his examination.
This conclusion was "reasonable.
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