Fit and strong' model dies from sepsis after routine appendix op

A “FIT and strong” model died from sepsis after a routine appendix operation, an inquest heard. 

Chloe Rideout’s mum yesterday told a coroner that her daughter had been “let down” following her tragic death in October 2018.


An inquest in Truro heard that the post mortem concluded that Chloe died from multi organ failure due to sepsis and a perforated appendix post operatively.

Her devastated mum Sharon said the family had been concerned about the level of care Chloe received at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital as well as the 111 out of hours GP service, the 999 ambulance response and her treatment at Treliske hospital in Truro. 

The trainee hairdresser was described as a “lovely person” and “a fit and well young lady” who worked a variety of jobs in order to travel the world. 

After a weekend staying with friends, Chloe began to feel unwell with a “bellyache” and a friend took her to A&E at Derriford Hospital where she lay on the floor in agony, said her mum Sharon.

Five hours later she was admitted to a ward and the next day Chloe said she “did not feel safe in hospital”. 

The inquest heard she feared her drink over the weekend away may have been spiked but no tests were carried out to screen for any potential drugs.


A week later, doctors said she may have been suffering from appendicitis.

Mrs Rideout said she had concerns over delays in surgery and “sepsis was never mentioned during her treatment”.

The family alleged that by October 12 the “doctors just wanted to send her home as quickly as possible” – but by the next day Chloe was still so unwell that she “felt like she was going to die”. 

She was discharged and the next day her mother called the 111 out of hour doctors service – but a nurse went to their home rather than a doctor. Mrs Rideout did not realise this at the time.

Mrs Rideout claimed ten minutes after the nurse left she was so concerned that she called 999 – but after three emergency calls it took an ambulance 90 minutes to arrive and then take Chloe to Treliske hospital in Truro.

She said Chloe felt unsafe there and said there was an “incompetent nurse who did not want to be doing her job”.

Chloe was operated on several times but her kidneys began to fail – and her brain was starved of oxygen and blood. She tragically died on October 20. 

Mother of two Mrs Rideout said: "At no point was sepsis mentioned. 

“This was the cause of her not recovering from surgery, becoming critically ill and dying."

The inquest is due to last for the rest of this week and continues.

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