A Scottish schoolgirl who caught Strep A was left fighting for her life in hospital after her GP failed to spot the symptoms twice.
Ellie Young, 6, began experiencing a sore throat and vomiting at the end of October and was given a telephone consultation by her local doctor's surgery Oak Lodge Medical Practice in Hamilton.
The six-year-old’s mum was told her daughter had a viral infection which would clear up on its own but on November 3, the youngster's temperature spiked to 40.3 degrees.
