A mum claimed her 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. Shocking photos taken by Chontelle Gosling, 34, show 11-year-old Sunnie strapped up to life-saving hospital equipment after he contracted the potentially fatal bug in July.
But Chontelle said when the lad first got sick his doctors sent him home to recover, telling her he may have strained a muscle from coughing too much. And he only got the rapid assistance he needed after she brought him to an A&E department, where medics found he had fluid “all around his lungs and his heart”.
Tragically, it was reported yesterday (Thursday) that child deaths from Strep A, a bacteria which is normally found in the throat, had risen to 15. But Sunnie thankfully pulled through after spending four weeks in hospital, with his frightened mum saying: “He could have died.”
