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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Lucinda Cameron

Mother whose son was critically ill with MenB urges young to get vaccine

Gaynor Simpson has told how her son Ross fell seriously ill with meningitis B three years ago (family handout/PA) -

A mother who feared her student son may not survive as he battled meningitis B has urged young people to take up the offer of vaccination against it.

Gaynor Simpson’s son Ross became critically ill with meningitis aged 18 in 2023 while in his first year at the University of Glasgow.

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