A student urges undergraduates to check they have been vaccinated after becoming seriously ill.
"There was a three-day period where things could have gone either way... I went downhill so quickly," said Manolo Niembro, after he developed meningitis
The 21-year-old said it was the "worst experience of my life" and he was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in his home city of Cambridge for lifesaving treatment. He said he started to get a sore back, which he put down to the bed at his accommodation, but he then developed a squint, hallucinations, high fever, double vision, migraines and became unsteady when standing.After his first trip to hospital, he said he was recommended paracetamol, water, an eye patch and then sent home.
Children receive a number of meningitis vaccines at a young age - like Mr Niembro did - with a further, many young adults are at risk from the disease which can be mistaken for freshers flu.Manolo's father, Joe Niembro, said: "What went through my head was, I don't want to be one of those people who put the phone down and you don't hear from him again.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it had apologised for Mr Niembro's care and treatment.
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