Baby died after breathing tube stuck in her throat, inquest told

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Indya Trevelyan, who was 20 months old, had been admitted to Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton with a severe cough.

She was diagnosed with croup, a respiratory viral infection. Her condition deteriorated and an emergency operation was carried out to help her breathe.

Tragic: Indya Trevelyan

But the tube used to bypass her blocked airway became dislodged, the inquest heard.

While still in the operating theatre, Indya had a heart attack and had to be resuscitated.

She was later found to have suffered brain damage.

Her death on April 18 this year was described as 'preventable' by the Brighton and Sussex Universities Hospitals Trust.

Her mother Sian, who lives with her husband Nigel in Pease Pottage, near Crawley, West Sussex, clutched a photograph of her daughter as she told the inquest how Indya became ill.

She said: 'I promised her she would be all right.'

The coroner adjourned the inquest to give a verdict later.