'Loving' schoolboy, nine, died of sepsis eight days after he was diagnosed with flu by an NHS hospital and sent home with painkillers and a 'coughs and colds' fact sheet, inquest told By Tom Bedford Published: 18:08, 20 May 2024 | Updated: 22:59, 20 May 2024 e-mail 13 shares 16 View comments A loving and inquisitive schoolboy died of sepsis eight days after an NHS hospital diagnosed flu and sent him home with painkillers. Dylan Cope, nine, loved playing with Lego and Rubik's cubes and was looking forward to hitting 'double digits' on his 10th birthday. He became unwell in December 2022, and the family GP admitted him to hospital with suspected appendicitis after he complained of 'excruciating' abdominal pain.
Dylan was discharged from the Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, South Wales, in the early hours of the next day and parents Corrine and Laurence Cope were given a 'coughs and colds in children' fact sheet. But Dylan didn't get better and his condition suddenly deteriorated while the family waited two hours for an NHS 111 call back. Dylan Cope, nine, (pictured) loved playing with Lego and Rubik's cubes and was looking forward to hitting 'double digits' on his 10th birthday Mr Cope drove him back to A&E at the Grange and he was immediately transferred to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
Dylan, described as a unique and sensitive schoolboy, died of 'brutal killer' sepsis four days later on December 14. An inquest is being held to discover why Dylan was sent.
