A TEENAGER with cold and flu symptoms died just hours after being admitted to hospital. Chloe Longster, 13, was suffering from a cough and pain in her lower ribs in November 2022. She was taken to Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire , where she passed away 18 and a half hours later.
Her parents say they witnessed "numerous failings" in Chloe's care. The schoolgirl's cause of death was recorded as sepsis and multiple organ failure. She had no underlying health conditions.
An inquest into the year nine pupil's death begins later today. READ MORE ON SEPSIS Mum Louise said her daughter, a keen dancer from Market Harborough, Leicestershire , was previously "full of energy" and "healthy". Neither she nor her husband Dave were informed of a sepsis screening or told Chloe had not been given antibiotics , despite her visible illness and distressing cough, they allege.
She was also reportedly never given an identification bracelet. Louise, who works in children's social care, claims she repeatedly raised concerns about Chloe's worsening condition but her cries for help were dismissed. Most read in Health Louise, 40, and Dave, 50, a mechanic, told the Daily Mail : "What happened to Chloe could happen to anyone.
"We were proactive, we asked questions, yet her death was not prevented." The Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited the hospital a month later and downgraded children's services from 'requires improvement' to 'inadequate'. Inspectors cited concerns around staff numbers.
