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Boy’s sepsis death preventable, says mother after coroner finds failures in care

The mother of a nine-year-old boy who died from sepsis just days after being sent home from hospital with flu has said his death was preventable after a coroner found there had been failures in his care.

Dylan Cope was sent home from the Grange Hospital in Cwmbran in December 2022 after being diagnosed with influenza and given a leaflet with advice for coughs and colds.

He died just over a from sepsis.

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