Baby Died After Doctors Repeatedly Missed Tests

An inquest has revealed that a baby girl's life might have been saved had medical professionals not repeatedly failed to administer blood tests. Five-month-old Esta High tragically died from meningitis. Her parents, Lynsey Carr and Leon High, had brought her to the emergency department after she developed a high temperature and was vomiting.

The hearing was told of multiple missed opportunities to conduct essential blood tests that could have identified the severe infection. These oversights are now central to the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the baby's death. The inquest aims to determine the full facts and whether timely intervention could have altered the tragic outcome for the young child.