An investigation looked at a British home where a mother and daughter died despite though they had begged for an ambulance months before.
In May of last year, the bodies of 47-year-old Alphonsine Djiako Leuga and her 18-year-old daughter, Loraine Choulla, were found in their home in Nottinghamshire. Events and News A mother and her teenage daughter were found dead four months after a 999 call was disregarded.
An investigation looked at a British home where a mother and daughter died despite though they had called for an emergency months previously.
In May of last year, the bodies of 47-year-old Alphonsine Djiako Leuga and her 18-year-old daughter, Loraine Choulla, were found in their home in Nottinghamshire.
Unfortunately, an investigation found that the mother had called 999 for an ambulance, but it never came.
This week, the Nottingham Police, the Nottinghamshire Coroner’s Service, and the East Midlands Ambulance Service all talked about this event in court and showed what they found.
Detective Con Jack Cook of the Nottinghamshire Police told the inquest that investigators now think that Alphonsine died not long after she called the police. The investigation started on July 21.
Loraine, who had Down syndrome and learning issues and was “entirely dependent” on her mother, lived until February 28.
Someone answered Alphonsine’s call on February 2. The mother was able to give her address and ask for an ambulance to come before the connection stopped.
But the call had been incorrectly listed as “abandoned.”
Detective Cook said, “Loraine was left alone in the building and was still alive until her device died.”
The authorities allege that Lorraine died in April, before she turned 18.
Alphonsine had her own health issues, namely sickle cell anemia. The cause of her younger daughter’s death is still “unknown,” but she died from “pneumonia of unknown cause.”
During the hearing, pathologist Dr. Stuart Hamilton was asked multiple times if the youngster might have died from malnutrition or dehydration. He replied, “None of my findings say any of that is wrong.”
@itvnews A mother, who was found dead alongside her disabled daughter at their home in Nottingham, would “probably still be alive today” if an ambulance had been sent to her, a coroner has concluded. The bodies of Alphonsine Djiako Leuga, 47, and Loraine Choulla, 18, were discovered last May at their council home in Radford. #itvnews
During the inquiry, Susan Jevons, who is in charge of patient safety for the East Midlands Ambulance Service, talked about why the ambulance wasn’t sent to the house.
She added that the worried phone operator tried to get in touch with Alphonsine numerous times after the call dropped.
She said, “The ambulance didn’t go to the address because the emergency medical adviser thought it was a call that had been abandoned and hung up.”
Jevons then apologized for “all the mistakes” the service had made.
She went on to state that the team “should never have let it happen” and that they didn’t send an ambulance.