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Scots family hit out at hospital after infections leading to daughter's death hidden from family
13.11.2022 - 08:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A little girl with one of the world’s rarest genetic conditions was misdiagnosed with cancer and suffered from a catalogue of failings at a troubled hospital.
Emily McDowall’s family believe if she had been treated properly at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus she would have put up a better fight against Pearson Syndrome.
Emily died from an infection in October 2021 – aged just five – and her family are now fighting for answers over her treatment at the £842million Glasgow site. She was one of fewer than 100 people in the world with the condition which affects the bone marrow, blood cells and pancreas.
Emily’s family are speaking out for the first time and have shared a bombshell dossier which outline issues with her care.
They show how:
●A specialist in Pearson Syndrome waited three years for a referral.
●She was wrongly diagnosed with cancer before the condition was discovered.
●Emily was treated for at least 17 infections, including Sepsis, most of which her family said they knew nothing about.
●She died from an infection which the hospital said could have been from a pet or paddling pool.
Her family are now taking part in a major public inquiry into wider issues at the QEUH which will look at issues with infections, ventilation, water contamination and how children became infected with rare bugs while receiving treatment.
Emily’s mum Samantha Pickering said: “We were told that she was unwell because ‘it’s just the cancer’ but that wasn’t true. She didn’t even have cancer. When she got diagnosed with Pearson’s, we were told her illnesses were ‘just the Pearson’s’.
“Nobody explained to us that these were infections Emily had and no mention of them being related, or possibly related, to the hospital
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