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Girl, 12, died days after suffering from headaches on family holiday, inquest hears

Source: Alison Caffrey/ncjMedia Ltd

Tributes have been paid to a “happy, bubbly” 12-year-old who died after suffering from headaches while on holiday in Northumberland.

Gemma Caffrey died in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Great North Children’s Hospital, in Newcastle, on 25 October 2021. She had been suffering from headaches which caused her to wake in the night and was admitted to hospital on 11 October when her headaches became more severe.

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