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Student, 22, died with sepsis 'despite mum's pleas for him to get antibiotics'

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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 …

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Student, 22, died with sepsis 'despite mum's pleas for him to get antibiotics'

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Sun

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] …

10 days ago·United Kingdom

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Doctor mum ‘feels betrayed’ over son’s sepsis death at hospital where she worked

William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023 within 24 hours of being admitted after his meningitis developed into sepsis (Picture: PA) A senior doctor whose son died with sepsis at the hospital where she worked has told an inquest she feels ‘betrayed’ over the treatment he was given by her colleagues. William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023 within 24 hours of being admitted after …

Senior doctor tells of ‘betrayal’ over son’s death at hospital where she worked

William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023. A senior doctor has told of her “feelings of betrayal” over her son’s death at the hospital where she worked, an inquest heard. William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023 within 24 hours of being admitted after his meningitis, caused by a meningococcal infection, developed into sepsis. The sporty 6ft 6in young man, who was studying history…

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Hackney Gazette

Doctor watched her son die of sepsis after error at hospital where she worked

Student William Hewes didn't get antibiotics when he should have done due to a miscommunication between a doctor and two nurses, an inquest has heard.

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