A British girl died on a Thomas Cook holiday after taking taking Paracetamol prescribed by Turkish doctors.
The three-year-old Lily Gibson fell ill while on a summer break with her mum Lisa and dad Chris at the popular Bodrum holiday resort in August 2019. She was then taken to a local medical centre after “turning yellow” with jaundice and then sent away with a prescription for a nearby pharmacy.
Her dad said they assumed the drug “was their version of Calpol” and therefore may have been poisoned by paracetamol prescribed by Turkish doctors.
The Turkish officials still haven’t handed over a report despite requests from Britain.
Lily later died in her hotel room after being given drugs thought to have included paracetamol.
A pre-inquest review heard expert fears that Lily may have suffered fatal liver damage after being poisoned by an “inappropriate dose”.
Coroner Prof Robert Forrest told the hearing in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, that Lily’s organs had been flown to the UK for analysis by paediatric pathologist Dr Marta Cohen.
Prof Forrest told family members how Dr Cohen was unable to determine a firm cause of her death but expressed “worries” about the medicine she was told to take.
He said: “Lily plainly had a problem with her liver and what Dr Cohen wants to do is look at all the details we have of the treatment Lily received at the walk-in centre in Turkey.
“Not to beat about the bush, the thing that slightly worries Dr Cohen could be an inappropriate dose of paracetamol being given to Lily.”
“I’m not in any way suggesting that is the cause of death but it is something that Dr Cohen wants to look at.
Lily was a keen dancer.
