A Nottingham teen "loved by everyone" sadly died after a sudden cardiac arrest. Kellum Thomas, 13, passed away on June 9, 2021 at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, leaving a heartbroken family behind.
He had previously suffered a cardiac arrest and had been fitted with a monitoring device but this had not worked for 18 months after the batteries ran out. It was replaced four months before he died. Doctors also decided to double his medication in March 2021, but the prescription did not arrive until after he had died.
It was heard in Nottingham Coroner's Court that Kellum had been playing football with a friend, and when he got home his mum, Jodie Wilson, "heard a bang" and found him collapsed on the floor. in her findings, Coroner Elizabeth Didcock explained that Jodie "immediately started CPR and called for an ambulance, with a paramedic arrived promptly."
