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  • Parents' fury as teenage daughter dies just days after doctors sent her home and 'told her to

    07/21/2010 10:52:36 AM PDT · by george76 · 49 replies · 1+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | 21st July 2010
    A schoolgirl suffered multiple organ failure and four heart attacks just days after doctors sent her home with paracetamol and told her to take 'plenty of rest', an inquest heard. Amy Carter, 15, begged doctors not to discharge her, telling them 'I'm dying' but medics assured her she would be fine. She developed septicaemia after being released by doctors who had diagnosed her with glandular fever. Two days later on Christmas Eve, Amy - who had not been able to eat for 19 days and weighed just six stone - was taken to hospital and died hours later. Amy was...