A six-year-old boy was told he was “milking it” after he suddenly become withdrawn and a rash started to spread over his body.
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However, on arrival, paramedics dismissed meningitis and even mocked and mimicked the “grunting” noise Ollie was making.Ollie was then taken to see doctors at a local surgery where they concluded he had a viral infection and was sent home to rest. Ollie’s dad Bryan added: “We both suspected meningitis and Georgie was raising this as a potential diagnosis.Despite this, just hours later, a rash began to spread over Ollie’s body and a worried Ms Hall called an emergency ambulance, only to be told none were available.The six-year-old died the next morning at the James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk – leaving his two parents and little brother Charlie behind.
Nigel Klein, a professor of infectious disease at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, said he believed the young boy could have survived if he had been treated sooner.
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