Wolverhampton hospital 'learning lessons' after two-year-old boy who staff treated for constipation later died from sepsis
A two-year-old boy from Wolverhampton who died after contracting sepsis also suffered from severe kidney damage, an inquest into his death has heard.
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Hudson Cole Perrins, who had a history of renal issues and congenital heart disease, was initially treated for constipation at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital on June 23 and sent home after complaining of tummy pain.
His mother took him back to the hospital the next day when his condition worsened, resulting in him being transferred to Birmingham Children’s Hospital, where he died four days later.
At a hearing on Thursday (December 5) Black Country Assistant Coroner Miss Kelly Dixon gave the medical cause of death as a lack of oxygen to the brain, multi-organ failure and urosepsis.
Giving evidence, children’s hospital paediatric consultant Mr Harish Chandran said a scan pointed to “very severe destruction of the kidney”.
“I do agree with all of the cause of death, but it was culture negative.
