Boy, 15, saw GP just two days before he died while watching TV with his devastated mother

Seán Hughes suffered fatal cardiac arrest brought on by sepsis in 2018, as an inquest into the schoolboy's death heard he " defied logic" that the infection was not present when Seán saw his GP earlier

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A 15-year-old boy may have already contracted the infection that killed him when he visited his GP two days before his sudden death.

Seán Hughes died just hours after collapsing at home from cardiac arrest while watching TV with his mother, who did not realize he had stopped breathing.

The Coláiste Eoin teenager in Finglas died on January 12, 2018 from sepsis and an inquest has been opened into his death.

He heard that the infection that caused the sudden and unexpected death may have already been present when he visited his family doctor a few days before his death.

A session of Dublin District Coroner's Court heard how the teenager died at Children's Health Ireland of sepsis resulting from a combination of influenza B and a bacterial infection known as staphylococcus aureus.

The family's lawyer, Damien Tansey, claimed he 'defied logic' that the deadly infection was not present when Seán was seen by his GP some 36 hours earlier.

Karen Phoenix and Joseph Hughes, parents of 15-year-old Sean Hughes (

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After an inquest that lasted more than seven hours, the coroner, Clare Keane, issued a narrative verdict based on the evidence that she said contained conflicts that she was unable to resolve.

Mr. Tansey had called for a medical misadventure verdict saying Seán's parents were "haunted" that the visit to the GP was the "last opportunity he had for proper intervention".

Seán's mother, Karen Phoenix...