Maisie Almond, 14, from Manchester, sadly died weeks after she developed stomach pain

A health warning has been issued after a 14-year-old girl tragically died weeks after getting a tummy ache.

Maisie Almond, 14, from Manchester, was rushed to hospital after the pain didn't go away and her eyes turned yellow. She was admitted in September 2024 after her parents, Kathryn and Stuart, took her Tameside Hospital's emergency department for tests.

After a series of tests, during which Maisie's jaundice worsened, doctors realised the teenager was suffering from acute liver failure and needed a transplant to save her life. She was swiftly placed at the top of the donor list after being admitted to the Children's Intensive Care ward at Leeds General Infirmary.

On October 1, doctors found a matched donor and Maisie was taken into theatre at around 11pm. Tragically, the teenager died in the early hours of October 2 after she deteriorated further, becoming too poorly to undergo the 12-hour surgery.

Following an inquest into her death, a coroner has issued a prevention of future deaths report.

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