A boy who had autism died of sepsis after hospital staff failed to spot the condition in a timely fashion, an inquest heard. Mattheus Ferreira Vieira, 11, was described by medical staff as “uncooperative” and “very difficult to examine” during Tuesday’s hearing in Norwich. The youngster, of Gaywood, was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Lynn on the evening of April 11, 2022, while suffering from a urinary tract infection. But Mattheus, who had communication difficulties, did not like to be touched and would sit in his pram looking at his tablet computer. Yvonne Blake, area coroner fo…
