A six year old girl tragically passed away less than three hours after being discharged from hospital. Shen'iyah Green, from Enfield, north London, was taken to A&E on 11 January 2019, with symptoms including shortness of breath, fever, vomiting, and pain in her right leg.
Her mother Shanieka claims she repeatedly informed doctors that her daughter had sickle cell disease. However, she alleges that medics failed to recognise the connection with her symptoms and misdiagnosed her as having gastroenteritis.
Despite her doubts, Shanieka says she asked for further tests - but they assured her that her daughter was "fine" and discharged her, it is claimed. By 8pm, less than three hours later, Shen'iyah had tragically died. Her heartbroken mum believes her little girl was effectively "sent home