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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

NHS apologises after ‘loving’ young mother dies from sepsis after being given wrong antibiotics

Aleisha Rochester and her son Xavier, who is now eight - (Family Handout/PA Wire)

A young mother died from sepsis after being neglected by NHS staff who gave her the wrong antibiotics, a coroner has ruled.

Aleisha Rochester, 33, a bank cashier from Croydon, died in August 2023, two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess from her left armpit.

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