Earlier meningitis testing might have saved five-month-old baby, inquest finds
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An inquest found that neglect contributed to five-month-old Esta High’s death at Leeds General Infirmary in November 2023. Doctors attributed her fever of more than 40C and vomiting to Covid-19, delaying tests and antibiotics for the streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis that killed her.
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