The parents of Ryleigh Hillcoat-Bee, a three-year-old girl who met a tragic end due to a rare illness, are enraged upon realizing that their daughter’s life might have been spared.
The young girl was afflicted with rhabdomyolysis, a physiological disorder that causes muscle breakdown. Her death was a result of complications from this condition, which strikes one in every 200,000 individuals in the United Kingdom.
Alan Wilson, the coroner for Blackpool and Fylde, determined that the medical staff treating her overlooked the “warning signs” when they discharged her from the hospital after a five-day stay.
Before Ryleigh’s discharge, they missed the chance to conduct a more thorough examination into the cause of her inability to move. She passed away three months later. It would have been wise for the doctors to recognize that the girl’s declining health could stem from a neuromuscular disorder.