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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Tom Campbell

Mum’s warning after doctors failed to monitor salt levels of son who died

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A heartbroken mother whose 24-year-old son died after doctors failed to monitor his salt levels has branded his death “avoidable and unforgivable” and is campaigning for the Government to investigate preventable deaths across the UK.

Milo Peart died in Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth on July 4, 2020, after sodium levels in his blood dropped below normal causing his brain to swell, a condition known as hyponatremia – which doctors had not spotted until it was too late.

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