A Liverpool inquest into Eleanor's death on Wednesday heard how she attended Alder Hey Children's Hospital for surgery on September 29 last year but suffered complications that the hospital "missed opportunities" to treat.
Girl, 1, died from gross neglect when doctors missed multiple opportunities despite parents raising issue A one-year-old girl tragically lost her life due to gross neglect while in hospital, a coroner has ruled.
Assistant Coroner Helen Rimmer revealed during the inquest on Wednesday that a tube was dislodged during Eleanor's bicoronal craniosynostosis surgery, leading to tachycardia (a very fast heart rate over 100 beats per minute).
This diagnosis meant that the sutures, the fibrous tissue joints connecting the bones of the skull, had fused prematurely, preventing normal growth and requiring surgery to alleviate the risk of pressure on her brain.
Alder Hey has since apologised to the family, expressing their heartbreak over failing them and Eleanor, and committing to ensuring such an incident does not recur.
