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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Douglas Whitbread

Boy, 11, left fighting for life with Strep A after doctors misdiagnosed it as a ‘pulled muscle’

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A mother claims a GP misdiagnosed her son with Covid-19 and a pulled muscle before he was left fighting for his life in hospital with deadly Strep A.

Photos taken by Chontelle Gosling, 34, show 11-year-old Sunnie strapped up to life-saving hospital equipment after he contracted the potentially fatal bacterial infection in July.

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