A BABY boy collapsed and died just 3 days after being sent home from hospital by a doctor who made the parents feel “over anxious”, an inquest heard.
Freddie Beaumont fell critically ill at the family home in Worsley, Manchester, only three weeks after his first birthday.
Freddie Beaumount died just 3 days after being sent home from hospital[/caption]
The youngster was rushed to hospital after going into cardiac arrest but could not be saved.
Three days earlier, Freddie had been referred to the paediatric department of the Salford Royal Hospital, and discharged a few hours later.
An inquest heard how a doctor said he was suffering from bronchiolitis, a common lung infection.
Freddie’s devastated mum has told Bolton Coroner’s Court his “symptoms were not taken seriously” during his first visit to Salford Royal, even though “it was clear things weren’t right”.
Freddie is the son of project manager Mark Beaumont and operations director Aimee Beaumont.
Giving evidence, his mother said he had previously had been in hospital with bronchiolitis in the May 2022.
He was given antibiotics, and had follow-up visits from nurses. He could sound “quite crackly, quite often” and his chest was a “constant concern”, Mrs Beaumont said.
In the days before his death, he first appeared unwell after attending nursery on Friday, November 18, 2022, the hearing was told.
