Toddler ‘would have lived longer’ if antibiotics for common bug were given faster after mum describes ‘sheer agony’

A “BEAUTIFUL” toddler who died from sepsis would have lived longer if she’d been given antibiotics sooner, an inquest has heard.

Ava Hodgkinson was just two years old when she contracted deadly condition sepsis, which was caused by Group A Streptococcus.

LancsLive/MENAva Hodgkinson tragically died from “overwhelming sepsis” that was “likely” caused by sepsis[/caption] GettyStrep A was particularly prevalent at the time[/caption] LancsLive/MENAt the time, there was a nationwide...