A little boy who died hours after being discharged from hospital had "looked well" during his A&E consultation, an inquest has heard.
Adam Soeb Bapu was rushed to Royal Bolton Hospital at around 9.30pm on April 1 - his seventh birthday - as he was “struggling to breathe” and felt lethargic, Bolton Coroner’s Court was told. He had also been vomiting and suffered from a “slight cough” in the week before.
After being triaged, he was seen by emergency clinician Dr Shanmugam on the Accident and Emergency ward. Dr Shanmugam told the court that Adam’s vital signs were all normal and that he discovered no laboured breathing or other causes for concern such as tracheal tug.
