Police called amid family fury at inquest

POLICE were called in after the family of a 12-year-old girl reacted angrily to a coroner's ruling that there was 'insufficient evidence' to say that a delay by hospital staff in carrying out a head scan contributed to her death.

- CHRIS SLATER

Described by loved ones as a 'beautiful girl who would light up a whole room Victoria Olabode, from Rochdale, died at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital on July 15, 2019, after suffering a stroke. Victoria, who had sickle cell disease, was transferred there from North Manchester General Hospital 13 days earlier.

On July 5, three days after her admission, she suddenly developed a 'severe' headache and began vomiting.

She was treated for her pain but her mother had 'persistently' asked for a CT scan to be carried out. Yet this was not done until July 8, when Victoria suffered a 'prolonged seizure! She suffered a second seizure later that day and was afterwards admitted to the hospital's paediatric intensive care unit. Radiology confirmed she had suffered an ischaemic brain injury.

She was deemed to fulfill the criteria for brain stem death on July 12 and on July 15 her ventilation was withdrawn leading to her death.