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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Damien Edgar & Katie Weston

Mum whose daughter was struck down with Strep A slams GPs using 'text message diagnosis'

A young girl struck down with Strep A was initially misdiagnosed in a text from a GP, her mum has said.

Five-year-old Farrah from Co Down, Northern Ireland, fell ill in September last year and developed a very visible rash, which a doctor is said to have wrongly believed to be caused by antibiotics.

She was diagnosed with Strep A three months later, in December, and admitted to hospital after suffering from pneumonia.

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