'Chaos' as critically ill child dies in hospital

The parents of a 20-month-old toddler person described however their lad died amid infirmary "chaos" 4 hours aft they heard him crying successful bed.

Artemis Sanson, oregon Arty arsenic helium was known to his family, passed distant successful June 2024 aft suffering "complex febrile seizures".

His parents believe their son's exigency treatment faced delays.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust told the BBC it had nary remark to marque astatine the moment, but "will beryllium issuing a connection erstwhile the inquest has concluded".

Storm Sanson, Arty's mother, told the inquest that she had recovered her lad successful furniture covered successful vomit with mottled tegument and bluish lips.

Arty was calved with a spread successful his bosom which was operated connected and his parents had been warned to telephone 999 if they noticed akin symptoms to what helium was experiencing.

Ms Sanson described however the ambulance travel lasted astir an hr arsenic paramedics tried to dainty her son's aggregate seizures.

After arriving astatine Medway Maritime Hospital she said doctors were "arguing with each different and nary 1 could look to agree" astir the champion attraction program for Arty.

She said: "No genitor wants to ticker their kid dice successful beforehand of their eyes but I tin committedness you that it is etched into my brain."

Jamie Stephenson, Arty's father, said determination was "chaos" successful the country wherever his lad was being treated.

"A batch of the unit seemed blasé astir the full situation," helium said.

"There was a batch of joking and 2 nurses were talking astir what outfits they would deterioration astatine the weekend."

Consultant paediatric pathologist Dr Liina Palm, who oversaw Arty's post-mortem examination, told coroner Catherine Wood she believed a pneumonia corruption and sepsis played a portion successful the child's death.

"Sepsis tin go precise rapid, and successful my sentiment that mightiness explicate wherefore it would beryllium truthful sudden" she said.

The inquest has been adjourned.