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Doctor spends £6,000 treating daughter, 11, with long Covid abroad as 'no help in UK'

A doctor whose 11-year-old daughter has long Covid says she has spent £6,000 on treatment in Germany because there is no help available in the UK.

Respiratory consultant Dr Binita Kane, who sits on the Independent SAGE committee, rushed daughter Jasmin to A&E with extreme abdominal pain three weeks after she tested positive for Covid in January last year.

Dr Kane, 44, said: “Like most kids, she had quite a mild initial illness. She then never really recovered.

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