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Family says B.C.’s health care system failed them and led to the death of their son | Globalnews.ca

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Brayden Robbins was born with a type of cerebral palsy after he suffered a stroke in utero.

He was fully functional and independent but required some physiotherapy, occupational therapy and support to keep his body strong.

Brayden was diagnosed with torticollis, muscle spasms in the neck is basically what they diagnosed him with and he was sent home with a muscle relaxant, Tylenol , ibuprofen.

In November of 2024 , on the 12th , he developed symptoms that were very different and he developed a headache, as well as this, like his neck was being pulled to one side uncontrollably.

Brayden died about 15 hours after he arrived at the hospital on Nov. 19 .

Brayden had three times the amount of fluid on his brain.

His mother, a nurse, said she put complete trust in the health care providers.

The family wants to see a number of changes to the system following the death of their son.

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