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Friday, November 23, 2018

Family feels 'cheated' after 20-year-old's sepsis death

A family whose young daughter died from sepsis following a routine operation say they feel "cheated" by her death.

Chloe Rideout, 20, went to the hospital with a burst appendix before being sent home after an operation.

The next day her parents Dave and Sharon, both 51, called an ambulance to rush her to a different hospital where despite every effort from staff she died.

An investigation has now been launched into the circumstances leading up to her death.

"We feel sad and empty. Cheated. I was so much looking forward to one day when I had the chance to walk her down the aisle," Dave, an estate agent, said. ''Both Shaz and I were constantly talking about what we were going to do with our grandchildren when they came along. We are absolutely devastated by our loss and the fact that it was avoidable."

Rideout, who worked for the Bay Hotel in Coverack, Cornwall, had been full of plans and had just got her visa to travel to Australia.

She initially attended Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, Devon, for her operation on Oct. 7, and was discharged six days later.

The following day she fell ill at home and was rushed to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trelisk in Truro and passed away on Oct. 20.

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https://www.foxnews.com/health/family-feels-cheated-after-20-year-olds-sepsis-death

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

A burst appendix can cause sepsis in itself.

Anonymous said...

Government run health care in Devon, just like the rest of England.

Anonymous said...

sounds like PRMC!!

Anonymous said...


Sorry for her untimely passing, but it's Britain's socialized and problematic National Health System. Exactly what Pelosi, Clinton, Sanders, Fauxahontas, VanHollen, Cardin have in mind for us.

Anonymous said...

Ask Britain's socialized medicine overseers what their protocol is for sending a patient home after burst appendix surgery.