A coroner is to write to all schools to raise awareness of sepsis after a teenager died with the condition during a school history trip to New York. Ana Uglow, 17, a pupil at Bristol Grammar School, collapsed in a hotel room and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West hospital just before Christmas in 2019. During a five-day inquest at Avon coroner’s court, her parents, David and Natalia Uglow, said Ana had asked teachers if she could see a.
Parents of Anna Uglow speak out after coroner finds no gross failings by teachers
Ana, 17, collapsed in her hotel room in New York
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The heartbroken parents of a teenager who died on a school trip abroad have said they will be pursing civil action in the High Court.
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.
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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.
Ana Uglow (Family handout/PA)
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A teenager who died from sepsis on a school trip was “clearly very unwell” shortly before she collapsed, her friend told an inquest.
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.
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.