An inquest has opened into the death of a 12-year-old girl from Scotland who died after being treated at two North East hospitals.
Gemma Caffrey passed away at the Great North Children's Hospital in the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle on October 25 last year. The Daily Record previously reported how the youngster had become unwell while on holiday with her parents at Haggerston Castle in Northumberland and had suffered a brain haemorrhage.
A pre-inquest review was held into her death at Newcastle Coroner's Court on Monday morning. Gemma's parents Alison and Graeme Caffrey attended the hearing, which was sitting at Newcastle Civic Centre, by video link.
