A child in Northern Ireland has become the ninth to die from Strep A. It comes as antibiotics are rolled out amid a surge in cases across the UK.
Heartbroken father says he took daughter, 5, to hospital three times in three days only to be told by doctors she just needed to be hydrated with Lucozade before she died from Strep A.
The hospital has now ordered a review into its care of the five-year-old, and management staff have offered to meet her family.
Stella-Lily McCorkindale, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, who died on Tuesday, became the UK’s ninth Strep A victim after she developed a life-threatening complication to the usually harmless bug.
‘She began to feel unwell on Saturday, November 26, and Mr McCorkindale took her to see medics on Monday, November 28, for three consecutive days.’
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