An inquest heard that a 13-year-old boy, who had a severe dairy allergy, died after a classmate poured cheese on him.
The boy, known as Karan, was taken to a hospital after suffering a serious reaction to the slice, which was about as big as a post-it note.
He was given medicine, including an Epipen, an inhaler, and a drug known as piriton, but he stopped breathing when paramedics arrived.
He was taken to a hospital, but he died ten days later. His family had been by his side. According to his friends, he was a very bright boy who could have been anything he desired.
At the inquest, held at the Poplar Coroners’ Court, the boy who poured the cheese apologized to the boy’s family.
He said he didn’t mean to harm the child. He also claimed that he was unaware that the boy had a severe dairy allergy.
The boy’s father said that he knew that his son had a severe allergy to bread, but he was unaware of its dangerous consequences.
He told the coroner, Mary Hassell, that he had initially thought that his son might get a rash or a fever due to his condition.
The inquest also heard that he had a severe intolerance to various food products, including wheat, eggs, dairy, and gluten.
The boy, who was also asthmatic, had atopic eczema. The incident occurred on June 28, 2017, as he was getting lunch with his friend at school.
He said that he asked for a piece of food because he was hungry, and that he was handed a small piece of cheese as a joke.
He then said that he “flicked” the cheese at Karan, who was around a foot away.
The boy said that he didn’t know that the boy was allergic to cheese until he saw him.
He stated that he threw the cheese at the boy because he was the first one to see him, and he then said that he later apologized after the boy told him that he was allergic to cheese.
The boy also said that they would often play games with food, and he didn’t know why he had thrown the cheese at the boy.
According to the inquest, the boy would often throw food at other students. He also reportedly threw a banana skin at a classmate earlier that day.
The boy was then confronted by the school’s principal, who asked him what he had done to the boy.
The boy said that he was confused by the principal’s questions. He also claimed that the school told him that the boy collapsed in the medical room, and it was his fault.
Andrew Hogarth, the lawyer for the boy’s family, said that there were discrepancies between what the boy had told the inquest and what he had said during the time of the incident.
In his statement, the boy said that he was feeling hyper at the time of the incident, and that he threw the cheese at one of the students, and then at Karan.
He attributed his actions to the pressure he was under at the time.
The boy’s friend, who was present when the incident occurred, also told the inquest that he had no idea that Karan was allergic to cheese.
The boy’s friend also stated that Karan had informed him about his allergy two years prior.
He said that he knew the boy was allergic to various things, including dairy products.
At first, I didn’t know that dairy was cheese, yoghurt, or milk.
When asked what would happen to the boy if he had an allergic reaction to dairy products, he said that he didn’t know at the time that it could cause a rash or a fever.
The day of the incident, he said that he had a cheese and ham baguette, which he started eating outside the cafeteria after school had ended.
Rina Cheema, the boy’s mother, stated in a statement that her son was in good health the day before he died.
The school then called her and asked if they could serve her son piriton, as he had been allergic to something that he had just consumed.
She was then asked to come back the following day.
Upon reaching the hospital, Rina learned that a consultant stated that it was unlikely that a person would experience anaphylactic shock due to skin contact with food.
She stated that the consultant did not believe that this was the cause of the incident.
Throughout her career in medicine, the consultant had been confident that a child would not experience anaphylactic shock if something went down their neck.
