Welsh rugby star Nick Tompkins might not be here today if it weren't for Dr Hilary Jones' vital tips on spotting meningitis, it has been revealed. When he was six years old, the centre fell seriously ill and his mum remembered an awareness campaign the television doctor fronted in the 1990s.
To mark Dr Hilary's 70th birthday, Nick was in the studio as his mum Debbie told Good Morning Britain viewers how her son's life was saved by the 'Tumbler Test'.
Mum Debbie explained that she had picked him up from school and took him to the doctors when she realised he was not well. There was only one spot and the GP said that it was probably chicken pox, but Debbie was not convinced and did the tumbler test when she got him home.
