Student died from sepsis after antibiotics error in London hospital, inquest hears

Potentially life-saving drug was prescribed for William Hewes but not given quickly enough due to communication mix-upA consultant paediatrician warned medical colleagues treating her son that they had failed to give him life-saving antibiotics hours before he died from sepsis, an inquest has heard.William Hewes, 22, a history and politics student, died on 21 January 2023 of meningococcal septicaemia at east London’s Homerton hospital, where his mother, Dr Deborah Burns, worked. Continue reading...

Feb 13, 2025 - 23:30
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Student died from sepsis after antibiotics error in London hospital, inquest hears

Potentially life-saving drug was prescribed for William Hewes but not given quickly enough due to communication mix-up

A consultant paediatrician warned medical colleagues treating her son that they had failed to give him life-saving antibiotics hours before he died from sepsis, an inquest has heard.

William Hewes, 22, a history and politics student, died on 21 January 2023 of meningococcal septicaemia at east London’s Homerton hospital, where his mother, Dr Deborah Burns, worked. Continue reading...