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Daily Mirror
Nicola Small

Mum's Strep A warning as son, 5, bravely fights deadly infection in hospital bed

Little George Higham battles Strep A in hospital in a heart-wrenching snap shared by his mum as a warning.

The five-year-old’s mother Jenna is urging parents to get their child to A&E if they think they might have the deadly infection.

Jenna, 24, claims her GP misdiagnosed her son’s symptoms as thrush. But she was sure he needed hospital treatment and phoned 111.

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