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Ivan Morris Poxton & Hollie Bone

Girl, 5, dies on way to doctors after being sent home from school with 'tummy bug'

A little girl who died as her parents drove her to the doctors with a "tummy bug" was suffering with an undetected condition, an inquest has heard.

Esma Guzel, five, had come home from school feeling sick, just hours before she was rushed to see out of hours medics on May 10, 2019.

The schoolgirl from Hull, East Yorkshire, died of a cardiac arrest as a result of her pre-existing undetected condition, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), where part of her bowel was becoming stuck in the hole in her diaphragm, Hull Coroners Court heard.

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