Hospital under fire after doctors blame parents for the child’s condition – later revealed as cancer

The painful death of the toddler reveals the disadvantages of NHS, because doctors wrongly accuse parents of causing a face nodule, delaying the diagnosis of cancer for a month in the event of a re -debate about children’s protection protocols and medical accountability.

Delilah-Rai Reid-Floyd, only 19 months, died on August 9, 2023. After the mass of peas discovered in January, Wallon in aggressive soft tissue cancer, and her mother Kayleigh Reid accuses neglect through incorrect diagnosis and three months of waiting.

As the research develops at the Russells Hall hospital and the children’s hospital in Birmingham, families require swifter scans and less fast assumptions about abuse to prevent such tragedy in an overloaded healthcare system in Great Britain.

Mums mums bumps tearing out an urgent GP referral

Kayleigh Reid noticed pea size lump On the face of her daughter Delilah-rai during the bath on January 30, 2023, which caused an immediate visit of the doctor the next day. GP directed the single -family family to Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, suspected of injuries incompatible with initial scans, which caused the family to turn out to be unjustified guilt.

This is a hasty assumption to the side of potential tumor controls, when Delilah-Rai was waiting for transfer to the Birmingham children’s hospital among growing parental stress.

Doctors incorrectly diagnose growth as injury

In Russells Hall on May 9, 2023, the CT scan revealed Paranasal cystic damageWhich leads to a specialist ENT referral, but a three -month waiting for a hospital for children in Birmingham got sticked to July.

The biopsy on July 16, 2023. Initially, he diagnosed with desmoid fibromatosis as non -cancerous on July 30, canceling the planned surgery on August 5, only in the case of tests confirming aggressive soft tissue cancer a few days later.

Kayleigh Reid later stated: “With so many delays And wrong diagnoses all the time, I think NHS neglected her and did not give her care she deserved.

Cancer destroys the toddler because the condition is falling

Delilah-rai’s condition worsened quickly after the diagnosis, and the tumor spread aggressively, and she died calmly at home on August 9, 2023, a few days after a 19-month milestone.

The “sweetest” and “best” girl, known for her loving nature, endured unnecessary pain because of his intervention superiors, because her mother believes that earlier actions could improve the chances of survival. X POST Z The health of the sun On September 13, 2025, he captured public indignation: “Girl, 1, dies at cancer after Docs” was assumed that the face was caused by her parents. “

Hospitals are launching internal reviews

Both Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham Women’s Women and Children’s Nhs Foundation Trust initiated reviews on September 12, 2025, sweating to share your findings with the family and implement the teachings to avoid future mistakes.

Diane Wale, general director of Dudley Group, expressed “On behalf of trustI would like to expand our sincere condolences to the Delilah family. We will look at the problems raised and talk to the Delilah family to better understand the circumstances related to this sad loss. Kayleigh Reid conducts legal activities against Trust, supported by Gofundme collecting funds for consciousness.

Mother’s campaign raises emergency delays, error

Kayleigh, thinking about his “very loving” daughter, aims to distinguish desmoid fibromatosis and soft tissue cancers affecting young children, encouraging faster diagnostics among 1800 annual cases below five cases in Great Britain. Confirmed ‘Going further, I would like To increase the awareness of this cruel disease, but I also want NHS to take responsibility for their role in my daughter’s departure.

Birmingham Trust spokesman added: “Trust would like to offer the Delilah-Rai family our deepest sympathies … There is an internal review in progress.” In this case, renewal on September 12, 2025, emphasizes urgent calls for reformed command dates, and experts note that suspicions of abuse may eclips medical urgency in 20% of pediatric assessments.

Families such as Reids emphasize how such supervision combine regret by pressing the mandatory quick imaging in cases of lumps. As the probe progresses, Kayleigh’s decision provides the history of Delilah-Rai, which drives system changes, preventing other parents from surviving a similar heart fracture in the busy NHS landscape in Great Britain.