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Eight-year-old dies after 21-mile journey to hospital
An eight-year-old boy has died after he became ill at home and had to be driven to an A&E department 21 miles away - despite living within two miles of another hospital.
Callum Cartlidge suffered a cardiac arrest at his house in Redditch on Friday after visiting his GP earlier in the week with tonsillitis and stomach ache.
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Eight-year-old dies after 21-mile journey to hospital
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Boy (8) dies after being taken to hospital 17 miles away
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Eight-year-old dies after 21-mile journey to hospital
Callum Cartlidge was taken to an A&E department several miles away after he had a cardiac arrest at his home in Redditch.
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Boy (8) dies after being taken to hospital 17 miles away
Paramedics attended Callum at his home in Redditch after he went in to a cardiac arrest on Friday and took him to a hospital 17 miles away.