Ana Uglow died in December 2019 (Family handout/PA)
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A teenager who died from sepsis on a school trip to New York would not have suffered a cardiac arrest if she had been prescribed antibiotics in the days before her death, an inquest heard.
Ana Uglow, 17, a student at Bristol Grammar School, collapsed in her hotel room and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West hospital on December 19 in 2019.
Grammar school girl, 17, who died on school trip to New York after teachers didn t let her see a doctor when she felt ill at the Empire State Building was treatable right up to moment she had cardiac arrest, doctor tells inquest
Ana Uglow, 17, a student at Bristol Grammar School, died from sepsis on school trip to New York in 2019
She collapsed in hotel room and was rushed to Mount Sinai West hospital, where she was pronounced dead
Inquest heard from ICU doctor who said 17-year-old could have been treated with oral antibiotics
School bosses told the inquest that school prefect Ms Uglow had not directly asked to see a doctor
Updated: May 11 2021, 18:04 ET
A TEENAGER who died from sepsis on a school trip to New York could have been saved by antibiotics, an inquest heard.
Ana Uglow, 17, collapsed in her hotel room and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West hospital on December 19 in 2019.
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Teachers were more interested in seeing the sights than getting the student help , an inquest heardCredit: PA
Avon Coroner s Court heard that Ana, a senior prefect at Bristol Grammar School who aspired to attend Oxford University, was on a school history trip to Washington, Philadelphia and New York at the time.
Her parents, David and Natalia Uglow, said Ana told teachers she thought she had a chest infection and asked to see a doctor two days before her death but this was refused .
Sepsis death inquest hears Ana Uglow s cardiac arrest would have been avoided with antibiotics
Bristol Grammar School collapsed in her hotel room on New York school trip
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A teenager who died from sepsis on a school trip to New York would not have suffered a cardiac arrest if she had been prescribed antibiotics in the days before her death, an inquest heard.