I extend my condolences to the parents. This was tragic.
Prayers for the parents and their new angel. How frightening to know how close we are to that same kind of nightmare becoming common here!
RIP.
From 1915...
Sounds like Meningococcal meningitis. Once it gets into the blood, the symptoms progress rapidly.
Depending on the presentation, if the child was showing neurological symptoms, they should have done a spinal tap, and at least done a viral culture of the nose for flu. That what most likely would have been done here in the US for a very sick child, but with socialized medicine, this is what happens.
“The miracle of socialized British Medicine.”
Nuff said
Coming soon to the US if the socialist Dems have their way.
A published chart, made by one of Obama's czsar/advisors showed a graph of care by age. It started very low at birth, rose to highest levels in 20s/30/s and descended rapidly after 55. It was to be used in a mathematical formula for giving care or not.
It is scary that so many people just cannot grasp what Obama, the 2 Emanuels, Waxman, etc. want to give us--or I should say, take from us.
vaudine
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-14/124973131371910.xml&coll=1
A student at Clemson just died of meningitis. Her parents had driven her to college; she got sick; they took her to the ER, she was told to go home and rest and she was dead by morning.
Happens here too.