Student, 22, died with sepsis 'despite mum's pleas for him to get antibiotics'
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Student, 22, died with sepsis 'despite mum's pleas for him to get antibiotics'
William Hewes’s mother, Deborah Burns, is a consultant paediatrician at the east London hospital and has been a doctor there for more than 20 years (Picture: PA) A fit and healthy 22-year-old student died within 24 hours of being admitted to hospital after medics failed to act on his doctor mum’s pleas for life-saving antibiotics to treat suspected sepsis, an inquest heard. William Hewes’s family say staff at Homerton University Hospital failed …
Healthy man died from sepsis despite his doctor mum's pleas for antibiotics
A FIT and healthy man died in hospital from sepsis despite his doctor mum’s pleas for life-saving antibiotics, an inquest has heard. William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in east London in January 2023 just 12 hours after being admitted. PAWilliam Hewes died aged 22 after nursing staff and medics repeatedly failed to administer antibiotics[/caption] PAThe student was considered fit and healthy before his infection[/caption] …


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