‘Funny & happy’ little girl ‘died in her sleep hours after being sent home from hospital with Calpol’
The court heard the A&E doctor on December 18 tried to check her oxygen levels, but Hailey wouldn’t sit still.
Kris described his daughter as “pale and clingy”, and said the doctor appeared to have “given up”.
No blood tests or further checks were carried out, and the family was sent home at 6am with no medication, simply told to monitor her.
That evening, December 18, Hailey appeared to sleep peacefully after being given Calpol.
Her parents checked on her before heading to bed and Kris said he last checked on Hailey at midnight, noticing her breathing was no longer laboured.
But the next morning, on December 19, any hope of recovery had turned into a nightmare
At 5.30am, Ibolya found Hailey cold in her cot with Kris dialling 999, saying “she’s dying”.
She was rushed to hospital but died just after 7.30am, the inquest heard.
In her statement, Ibolya described the moments that followed as “a blur”.
The jury heard a cause of death was given as sepsis and pneumonia, but that was later changed to include Group A streptococcus, a bacterial infection.
The inquest has been listed to be heard over five days.