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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jordan Reynolds

‘A leap’ to say man would have lived if hospital care different, inquest told

It would be “a leap” to say the son of a senior doctor would have survived if his care in hospital had been different, 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.

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