'Fit and healthy' schoolboy, 7, died after collapsing in class

19.01.2022 - 09:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A 'fit and healthy' seven-year-old schoolboy tragically died after he collapsed in the classroom and suffered a heart attack, an inquest has been told.

Patryk Milner, from Sandbach, Cheshire, collapsed at around 9.50am on September 30, 2020, just as his first lesson of the day was finishing at Offley Primary Academy.

After paramedics arrived, Patryk was taken to hospital, where he sadly died 36 hours later, CheshireLive reports.

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His teacher David Ellis, who was on his first day at the school, carried out CPR with the aid of other staff members before 999 was called and paramedics arrived.

Patryk was taken to Leighton Hospital before he was transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

They managed to restart his circulation but he'd been in cardiac arrest for 40 minutes and the damage caused to his brain was too severe.

He died at Alder Hey on October 2 - 36 hours after he was transferred.

During an inquest held at Warrington Coroner's Court on Tuesday (January 18), senior coroner for Cheshire Alan Moore gave a conclusion of natural causes, with a medical cause of death as sudden cardiac dysrhythmia, which had not been diagnosed.

In a statement read out by Mr Moore, Patryk's mum Agnieszka (Aggie) said Patryk was a 'healthy and fit child' who loved sport and had no known persistent underlying conditions.

She said he had been suffering with a sore throat from September 20, which was diagnosed as a 'viral infection' and required no medication.

His throat was still sore on September 30, but as he had no other symptoms or issues, he was able to attend school.

She said: "When I dropped him off at school, he seemed