The doctor apologized for the fact that due to her incorrect diagnosis the child died

The doctor, who was unable to detect the presence of sepsis in a sick child, apologized to the grieving family of the girl after she died less than 24 hours after she was wrongly diagnosed with a chest infection.

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Dr. Claire Verey, who examined Marcy Tedman in December 2017, after being admitted to the emergency room in Bath (United Kingdom), said her diagnosis was "based solely on what she saw in front of her." Verey did not use a tool to detect sepsis and decided that the girl’s symptoms testified to “bacterial pneumonia,” writes Fox News.

“This is my only explanation for why I did not test for sepsis. I can't fully explain why sepsis didn't cross my mind. I just sincerely felt that all the signs pointed to pneumonia. Instead of using the tool to check, I used my own judgment while looking at Marcy who stood in front of me. “I sincerely apologize for what happened to Marcy,” said the doctor, speaking during the investigation into the death of the child.

Marcy was brought to the emergency room after her condition, which was first diagnosed by Dr. Victoria James as an "upper respiratory infection," began to worsen.

The girl's father said that Marcy’s cough had worsened, and when he suddenly stopped in the middle of the night, the man decided to check the baby’s condition and found that she was “awake and very sluggish.” He took her to the emergency room, where, according to him, the staff was inattentive and in no hurry.

“Doctors and nurses kept coming and going throughout the day and they all said there was nothing to worry about. They said that we would return home in two days and asked me not to worry,” the man said.

He added that his daughter was diagnosed with a chest infection and he was told that the recommended course of treatment was antibiotics, but the girl was not given the medicine for several more hours. He said he was told his daughter would be transferred to the pediatric ward, but six hours after seeing the doctor, she still had not been given the medicine.

According to the father, at some point, another hospital employee asked why Marcy had not been transferred to the intensive care unit, but by that time his daughter’s condition had deteriorated markedly.

“When they started moving her, Marcie looked at me, looked me straight in the eyes and took one big breath. Then she seemed to turn off, exhale and go limp,” the man said

Marcy died after several hours of trying to save her in intensive care. Her death was caused by group A streptococcal infection, including sepsis and pneumonia.

“There are definitely lessons to be learned from this. Pediatric sepsis is a complex area. You have to be more careful with everything you do to the baby, so diagnosing sepsis can be very difficult,” Verey said.

The doctor stressed that if Marcy had been examined for sepsis, she would have been given antibiotics much earlier. She admitted that she may not have tested for an infection, because “it is relatively easy for an adult to put a dropper, but it’s not so easy to put a dropper on a child”.

"I know that this thought came to my mind at that time, and therefore I might not have put a drip, and we did not start giving antibiotics as quickly as prescribed sepsis guidelines. The prescreening tool for sepsis is very primitive, and it may select many children who are much less sick than Marcie and who may not need to be fully screened. So instead of using that tool, I used my judgment by looking at Marcy who was standing in front of me, and that may be why she didn't get treatment,” the doctor noted.

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