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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Danny Halpin

Inquest will hear about first UK child Covid victim’s final hours in hospital

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An inquest into the UK’s first known coronavirus death of a child will determine whether doctors misplaced a ventilation tube while the boy was in hospital.

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, died of acute respiratory distress syndrome in the early hours of March 30 2020, three days after testing positive for Covid-19.

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