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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robyn Vinter

Mother’s instinct not addressed, report on death of boy sent home from Rotherham A&E says

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir
Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died on 23 November 2022, eight days after he was seen at Rotherham hospital and sent home with antibiotics. Photograph: Twitter

A report into the death of a five-year-old Rotherham boy sent home from A&E has called for national guidance to take into account parents’ intuition that “something feels very wrong” about their child.

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died of pneumonia and sepsis at Sheffield children’s hospital on 23 November 2022, almost a week after his parents first raised concerns that he was unwell.

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