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There was a ‘lost opportunity’ to carry out a potentially life-saving test on a teenager who died from a rare genetic condition triggered by drinking a protein shake, a coroner has said.
Rohan Godhania, 16, of Ealing, west London, fell ill after drinking the shake on August 15, 2020, and died three days later at West Middlesex Hospital after suffering ‘irreversible brain damage’.
A post-mortem examination just over a week later could not ascertain his cause of death – a late onset of the rare disease ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, an inquest has heard.
This was because his liver and kidneys were donated for transplant before the mystery of his sudden illness was solved.