Boy, 6, dies after receiving 'bump on the head' at school

A heartbroken family has shared the tragic story of their six year old son who died hours after falling and bumping his head at school. Muhammed Yaseen Uddin's parents revealed that he sustained a head injury from a fall at Marlborough Primary School in Small Heath, Birmingham.

His father, Simriel Uddin, 41, alleges that his wife was informed by the school about the incident but was told it "wasn't an emergency". After being taken home, Yaseen had Calpol, celebrated his sister's birthday, and later vomited that night.

His parents assumed it was a reaction to the medicine. The young boy slept through the night but tragically didn't wake up the next morning.

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Despite being rushed to hospital, doctors were unable to save him. The family is now awaiting the results of a post-mortem CT scan.

Paying tribute to their "energetic [...] loving beautiful child", they are fundraising to build a mosque in his honour in Pakistan. Simriel, an engineer from Birmingham, said: "I want to build a mosque or a remembrance place for him.

"He was very energetic and he had a lot of friends - he was a loving beautiful child. We had a nickname for each other - I would call him Gecko and Sonic and he had me as Catboy from TV PJ Masks.

"We had bought tickets to go and see the new Sonic film together - we can't go and see it now."

Recalling the day before his son's death, December 10, Simriel said his wife received a call informing her that Yaseen had fallen at school and had a bump on his head.

He said: "The school told my wife it wasn't an emergency. So she finished her appointment and we went to pick him up a couple of hours later. He was sat in reception with an ice pack. We gave him some Calpol at home.

"On the way back, Yaseen said he'd like some grapes and chips from the chip shop. At home, he watched TV as normal and at 7pm we celebrated his sister's birthday. It had been about eight hours since the accident.

"At 9.30pm, he said he was hungry again so we got him something and we tried to give him some more medicine at 10pm. He spat the medicine out as he couldn't swallow it and then vomited out a chip but I thought it was to do with the medicine.

"Throughout the night he slept in our bedroom and he was sound asleep when I checked on him at 3am."

Simriel left for work early the next morning, leaving his family sleeping peacefully. At about 9am, the school called to enquire after Yaseen’s condition.

Not even two hours later, Simriel received a distressing call from his wife; all he could hear was screaming and Yaseen's name. His heart sank as he rushed home, arriving to find police and paramedics outside and no sign of his son.

Yaseen was unresponsive, having not awoken that morning and was taken to the hospital where the medical team made valiant efforts to resuscitate him. But their attempts were in vain, and Yaseen’s life could not be saved. The family now awaits the results of the post-mortem.

Simriel, grieving and experiencing days that are "blurring into one" expressed his gratitude for the community's support after the loss of Yaseen and is determined to work on building a mosque in Pakistan—a place dear to the young boy's heart. The fundraising effort to make this possible has already reached over £4,600, surpassing halfway to the goal of £8,000.

Simriel said: "We have a very supportive community. He really touched a lot of his friends and their parent's lives - he was a beautiful child.

"He's been to Pakistan two times and he liked it a lot. So we want to build it there to help communities."

Marlborough Primary School, where Yaseen was a pupil, has been contacted for comment.

Previously, Razia Ali, the executive headteacher, said: "While some of you may already be aware of this, it is my sad duty to ensure you are all aware of the tragic news that one of our pupils, Mohammed Yaseen Uddin, a wonderful and much-loved child in Year 2, passed away yesterday.

"This has come as a huge shock and we know it will be extremely upsetting for many within our school community. Yaseen was an incredibly helpful, kind and caring pupil who brought a smile to the face of everyone who came across him.

“We are so grateful that he was part of our community, and are very proud of all he achieved, as is his family. He was a young boy who very much enjoyed coming to school and he was an integral member of our school community.”