A 20-month old toddler died after doctors failed to diagnose him with leukemia despite the warning signs such as bruising and bleeding were apparent. The boy did a total of 35 separate hospitals and doctors visit, 12 out of the 35 times he was rushed to a GP surgery.
Telegraph.co.uk reported that the boy finally lost to the sickness just two days after he was admitted to a children's hospital. The toddler's parents claimed that the doctors failed to help their child.
According to The Daily Mail, in a desperate move to know what was wrong with their child, Kulvinder and Jaspal Bhogal brought him to several institutions. Dr. Prashant Hiwarkar of Birmingham Children's Hospital couldn't help but wonder why a blood test was never requested.
"I would have asked for a blood test." He said in the inquest. He explained further that if the patient's gums were bleeding on the 9th of August and still continued to be red and bled on the 18th of the same month, this would have alerted the doctor to ask for a routine blood test. He also believes that if a blood test was asked, then there would surely be abnormalities in the result. Dr. Hiwarkar also said that the child would have had a 40-60% chance of survival if his condition was diagnosed earlier.
Zafar Siddique, the coroner who examined Ryan's body also expressed his concerns about the care given to the child, especially after GP Dr. Indira Wariyar, the one who saw Ryan four times admitted that there were missed chances to save the toddler. Siddique also said that improvements must be made so that situations like this won't happen again.
The boy's father, Kulvinder Bhogal fought back his tears as he talked about his seeing his son one last time. He said it broke his heart to see his little boy attached to machines, and that he walked away with tears in his eyes.
Ryan's aunt, Gurpal Bhogal on the other hand expressed her disappointment by saying that his nephew was "failed" by the people he trusted his life with. She added saying, that there were a lot of opportunities to do a simple test, but that it never happened.
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