A talented teen creator died erstwhile doctors misdiagnosed her meningitis for a 'boring' virus.
Mia Ginever, 19, died astatine Frimley Park Hospital successful Camberley, Surrey, erstwhile medics delayed life-saving antibiotics due to the fact that of 'conscious bias' from her archetypal diagnosis.
The terrified consecutive A-student heartbreakingly begged her mother, Mel, 47, not to 'let maine die' erstwhile she was rushed to infirmary with a searing symptom successful her caput and reddish spots connected her tegument that didn't fade. She aboriginal developed a stiff cervix and became delirious.
Doctors and nurses rushed astir the 'beautiful and vibrant' Mia arsenic she deteriorated successful beforehand of a helpless Mel's eyes but it would instrumentality 5 hours until medics would yet measure her.
The registrar refused to transportation retired humor tests oregon springiness her antibiotics and alternatively administered a 'sticking plaster' of fluids and symptom relief.
Mia Ginever, 19, died astatine Frimley Park Hospital successful Camberley, Surrey, erstwhile medics misdiagnosed her meningitis for a 'boring' virus
It took doctors 8 hours to administer the consecutive A pupil with antibiotics, but by past it was excessively precocious and Mia died 2 days aboriginal successful intensive care in March 2022
Bacterial meningitis, which requires urgent infirmary treatment, affects the membranes successful the spinal cord and brain
A caller doc connected displacement yet ordered humor tests wherever it was discovered she had meningitis B and yet gave her immoderate antibiotics - 8 hours aft she arrived astatine the hospital.
WHAT IS MENINGITIS?
Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes that situation and support the encephalon and spinal cord.
Anyone tin beryllium affected but at-risk radical see those aged nether five, 15-to-24 and implicit 45.
People exposed to passive smoking oregon with suppressed immune systems, specified arsenic patients undergoing chemotherapy, are besides much astatine risk.
The astir communal forms of meningitis are bacterial and viral.
Symptoms for some include:
- Pale, blotchy tegument with a rash that does not slice erstwhile compressed with a glass
- Stiff neck
- Dislike of agleam lights
- Fever, and acold hands and feet
- Vomiting
- Drowsiness
- Severe headache
Bacterial meningitis
Bacterial meningitis requires urgent attraction astatine infirmary with antibiotics.
Some 10 per cent of bacterial cases are fatal.
Of those who survive, 1 successful 3 endure complications, including encephalon harm and proceeding loss.
Limb amputation is simply a imaginable broadside effect if septicaemia (blood poisoning) occurs.
Vaccines are disposable against definite strains of bacteria that origin meningitis, specified arsenic tuberculosis.
Viral meningitis
Viral is seldom life-threatening but tin origin long-lasting effects, specified arsenic headaches, fatigue and representation problems.
Thousands of radical endure from viral meningitis each twelvemonth successful the UK.
Treatment focuses connected hydration, painkillers and rest.
Although ineffective, antibiotics whitethorn beryllium fixed erstwhile patients get astatine infirmary conscionable successful lawsuit they are suffering from the bacterial signifier of the disease.
Source: Meningitis Now
By present it was excessively precocious and Mia was placed successful an induced coma and died 2 days aboriginal successful intensive care. Just months earlier, she had announced to her parents she wanted to beryllium an organ donor.
A week earlier successful March 2022 the talented pupil was making plans to spell travelling and applying for internships successful the summertime with dreams of becoming an interior designer.
When a sore throat, aches, and a headache got worse during the week she went to A&E astatine Frimley to get checked over.
Medics told her she had a 'boring' microorganism and could spell home, but Mia's symptom got worse and she went backmost to the infirmary with Mel erstwhile she noticed reddish spots connected her assemblage wouldn't fade.
'Mia's full aboriginal has been taken distant done nary responsibility of her own. She had truthful overmuch to springiness to the satellite and was conscionable acceptable to clasp her life,' Mel told the Times.
She added: 'We trusted the doctors to marque the close decisions. If I had immoderate inclination she was going to die, I would person been screaming.'
An inquest into her decease volition statesman astatine Surrey coroner's tribunal successful Woking contiguous and is scheduled to extremity connected Friday.
Frimley Park infirmary has admitted doctors did not measure Mia decently for meningitis and sepsis, and that it failed to travel NHS protocol of giving antibiotics wrong an hr of arriving astatine infirmary for the 2nd time.
Mia's father, Phil, 60, was shocked by the authorities of things erstwhile helium arrived astatine the hospital.
He described the attraction of his beloved girl arsenic 'so poor' and said the symptom from Mia's decease volition ne'er spell away.
'After she died they fto america instrumentality her handprints and hair, similar a newborn. But past she was each alone. I should've stayed and waited,' helium said.
The infirmary conducted a superior incidental reappraisal which recovered Mia had already developed meningococcal sepsis by the clip she arrived astatine Frimley infirmary for the 2nd time.
It recovered 'conscious bias' of the archetypal diagnosis of a viral corruption had influenced decisions made by doctors.
Since Mia's decease the Ginevers person raised £70,000 for Meningitis Research Foundation and her parents person been raising consciousness astir the meningitis B vaccine.
Mel said doctors told her 'it was 1 of the astir terrible and fast-acting cases they person ever experienced'.
Writing connected LinkedIn, six months aft Mia's death, Mel posted a heartfelt tribute to her daughter.
She said: 'Mia was quick-witted and the beingness and soul, but she was besides a "home bird" and inactive lived astatine home. We desperately miss her beauteous grin and infectious laughter each day.'
A week earlier the talented pupil was making plans to spell travelling and applying for internships successful the summertime with dreams of becoming an interior designer
A superior incidental reappraisal conducted by the infirmary found 'conscious bias' of the archetypal diagnosis of a viral corruption had influenced decisions made by doctors
Deborah Nadel, a ineligible manager astatine Fieldfisher, is representing the household astatine the inquest and successful an ongoing negligence claim.
She said: 'The symptom for Mia's household of learning that her decease was preventable by punctual attraction is unimaginable.
'Hospitals request to amended however they larn from mistakes and the household are hoping that the coroner's probe volition item this.'
Mia's organs person helped to prevention the lives of 4 radical and Mel described them 'lucky... to person a portion of our precious miss giving them 2nd hope'.
MailOnline has contacted Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust for comment.
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