Toddler allergic to dairy dies after given grilled cheese

Bobbie Byrd

November 13, 2017

Allergies

A 3-year-old boy with a known dairy allergy died after eating grilled cheese at his New York City preschool.

An adult at Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services in Harlem gave Elijah Silvera a grilled cheese sandwich last week despite the school “knowing and having documented that he has a severe allergy… more

photo provided by the Silvera family

This entry was posted in Allergies on November 13, 2017 by Bobbie Byrd.

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