Girl who lost limbs in meningitis error wins £39m in damages
The girl was taken to hospital with "red flags for meningitis and sepsis", the court heard
When her parents took her back to A&E a few hours later, she was diagnosed with meningococcal sepsis and went on to suffer multi-organ failure.The young girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had above-knee amputations of both legs and above-elbow amputations of her arms.Her family brought a claim, arguing if she had been treated urgently with antibiotics, she would not have been as ill and would have avoided the amputations.
She said she was "an extraordinarily brave little girl who is managing in school to do very well academically". Representing the family, lawyer Deborah Nadel said: "This child's injuries and severe disabilities were completely avoidable with proper care.
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