A toddler died after allegedly waiting 70minutes
to be seen by a GP
Tragedy: Attempts to resuscitate Lucie Linforth failed
Linforth had been taken to her local doctor's
surgery suffering from a suspected infection and fever. Her mother, Angie
Collins, 40, claims that her partner, who had taken the child to the surgery
had begged staff for Lucie to be seen as a priority as her lips turned blue
while in the waiting room at a village practice. It is alleged by the time she
was seen her heart had stopped at Marston Moretaine Doctors' Surgery near
Bedford.
Efforts to revive Lucie failed and she died on
October 5.
Now Angie is demanding justice for her child,
with a Facebook group called 'Justice for Lucie' set up in her honour already
attracting support from 25,000 users. Angie Collins said: 'I can't even begin
to think how I feel about this.
Lucie should be here living life and I won't take
this lying down I won't stop until I get justice for her.' Ms Collins' partner
Eric Linforth, 33, took Lucie into the village surgery on October 5 in the
morning while Angie stayed at home with their other children, Hollie, three,
and Lucie's twin brother Jake.
He said: 'After about 20 minutes waiting at the
surgery she got worse, her lips were blue, she was really hot and was having
trouble breathing. 'I went up about four
or five times to ask to be seen. Finally I went up and I said they have to call
an ambulance because she had got so bad. They took her into the nurses room,
but by that point her heart had stopped beating.' Staff at the surgery tried to
resuscitate Lucie for over 45 minutes, before she was rushed to Bedford
Hospital where medics carried on trying to save her.
Campaign: Lucie's mother Angie said she wouldn't stop until she got
justice for her daughter
Angie said: 'Once Lucie was seen the doctor
refused to give up on her, I cannot thank him enough. He refused to give up on
my baby, even when the paramedics arrived he didn't stop trying to resuscitate,
he kept going for 45 minutes, until they took her to hospital.' A police
investigation has been launched into the death, although it is not being
treated as suspicious. A coroner's inquest was opened and adjourned last
Friday.
Angie Collins said: 'I had to explain to my
three-year-old daughter that Lucie was too poorly to live here now and she now
has to live in heaven. 'It has affected
her twin brother Jake. They have beds next to each and the night we returned
from the hospital he was laying down on Lucie's Minnie Mouse duvet and he has
slept there every night since.' NHS Bedfordshire which runs the surgery
wouldn't comment on allegations made by the family however Dr Fiona Sim of the
trust said: 'This is a tragic death of a little girl and our thoughts and
condolences are with the family.
'As this is an unexpected death, there is an
ongoing coroner's enquiry and we are providing every assistance as well as
working with the practice to carry out an internal investigation. 'Local NHS
services are supporting the family and we wish to offer our full support in any
way that we can to help all involved during such a difficult time.'
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