A six-year-old boy who died before being found in the bathroom by his mother had contracted strep A infection, an inquest has heard. Jamie Lee Morgan found her son Brodie-Lee at their home in Newbridge on November 8, 2022.
Rugby-loving Brodie was pronounced dead at 7.36am on the morning of November 8 despite the best efforts of emergency services including officers from Gwent Police and paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service. The inquest heard that medics are satisfied there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy’s death.
On November 11, 2022, Dr Andrew Bamber, pathologist at North Bristol NHS Trust, carried out a post-mortem examination of Brodie Lee’s body. He notified the coroner of an advisory medical cause of death as group A streptococcal sepsis, also known as strep A. Five children in Wales have died from strep A infection since September 12.
