A mother whose son died from a reaction after cheese was flicked on him at school has called for allergies to be taken seriously.
Rina Cheema, whose son Karanbir died after the incident at his school in west London, said education is needed to stop anyone suffering in a similar situation.
Speaking of her son’s death, she said: “I live in a black hole.
“It’s something that’s going to haunt me throughout my life.”
Asked what she would like to see following her son’s death, Ms Cheema said: “Please take allergies serious because it costs life. And it has cost life. It cost a child’s life.
“Unnecessarily I might add.
“Educate. Please, please educate children. Educate adults, there’s no harm educating.”
Karanbir’s inquest heard a pupil, who cannot be identified because of his age, took a 2cm x 2cm piece of cheese from a friend's baguette at the end of morning break-time and flicked it at Karan, triggering the “unprecedented" reaction, which led to his death.
Asthmatic Karan, who had multiple allergies including to wheat, gluten, egg, milk and tree nuts, collapsed at his school on June 28, 2017.
The coroner said: “He pulled his shirt off, screamed and flung himself around the room in panic. He could not breathe."
He later suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital, but he suffered a serious brain injury due to a lack of oxygen and died almost two weeks later.
