Schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after bungling junior doctor ignored instructions to carry out blood test

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A schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after a junior doctor ignored instructions from his consultant to carry out a blood test, an inquest has heard.

Emmanuel Akinmuyiwa, seven, from Tyseley, collapsed and died during a blood transfusion after staff ‘missed opportunities’ to save his life.

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