Butlin’s has been slammed for its lack of first aid care after a toddler choked to death on a sausage.
James Manning, two, began struggling to breathe at breakfast during a holiday in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, in 2018.
But as family members battled to save him, Butlin’s staff failed to intervene. He died in hospital two weeks later. James’ grandmother, Angela Knight, said: ‘There were Butlin’s staff there but none of them helped. None of the first aiders assisted with James.’ An inquest last year heard two ambulances could not get through the gates, barriers and bollards at the park, delaying paramedics who had to continue on foot.His death, caused by oxygen starvation and cardiac arrest, was found to be accidental, and first-aiders may not have saved him.But assistant coroner Karen Harrold condemned Butlin’s for its first aid provision and said she was ‘deeply concerned’ there was no national system for health and safety issues.
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