Ana Uglow, 17, from Bristol, died on a school trip to New York in December 2019
She collapsed in a hotel room and later died, with doctors finding she had sepsis
Experts told an inquest the teenager would have survived if she had antibiotics
Dr Nelly Ninis said Ana s pneumonia would have been cured with oral antibiotics
Her parents claimed Ana s request to see a doctor was refused by her teachers
Teen dies after blocked nose on school trip A “fit, healthy” teenager on a school trip to New York died after telling teachers she felt tired and had a blocked nose, an inquest has heard.
Health by Alice Fuller, The Sun 13th May 2021 12:55 PM A teenager who died from sepsis on a school trip to New York could have been saved by antibiotics, a UK inquest has heard. Ana Uglow, 17, collapsed in her hotel room and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West hospital on December 19, 2019. Avon Coroner s Court in Bristol 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.
A teenager who died during a school trip to New York would have survived if she had received 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 2019.
Avon Coroner’s Court has heard that Ana, a senior prefect 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”.
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image captionMiss Uglow was a senior prefect at Bristol Grammar School
A teenager who died on a school trip could still have survived if she had been treated in the hours before her death, an inquest heard.
Ana Uglow, 17, a student at Bristol Grammar School, collapsed and died later in hospital on 19 December 2019.
A consultant general paediatrician said Miss Uglow would have survived had she taken antibiotics two days before.
Dr Nelly Ninis said the chance of Ana surviving with treatment six hours before her death was above 50% .
A senior prefect, of Redland, Bristol, Miss Uglow was on a school history trip to Washington, Philadelphia and New York when she fell ill.