News & Stories
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Denise L's story
Denise, 54, learnt the hard way that meningitis is no respecter of your age and can affect anyone, when she became ill with pneumococcal meningitis earlier this year
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Ebonie's story
Nadia was on a night out when her instinct told her that her young daughter Ebonie needed her. The 7-year-old had developed a high temperature and as Nadia watched, a rash began to develop
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Bex and Emily's story
Bex’s one-year-old daughter Emily had a range of symptoms including lethargy and a stiff neck. Despite these and suffering seizures she was discharged twice from hospital and it was only on a late night third visit that her meningitis was suspected and successfully treated
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Rio's story
Baby Rio was just over a week old when he became poorly, on the hottest day of the year. Mum Leah, from Didcot in Oxfordshire drove him to hospital that night, where bacterial meningitis was diagnosed
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Enzo J's story
Katie had to make the heartbreaking decision to turn her son Enzo’s life support machine off after scans showed meningitis had left the youngster brain dead
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Catarina's story
Catarina Nunes from London spent a terrifying six weeks in hospital in March this year while doctors tried to work out what was wrong with her
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Alice G's story
Alice Gall, from Perth in Scotland, was 41 when she contracted bacterial meningitis just before Christmas in 2017
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Lewis' story
Tracy and Morley’s son Lewis was an active, happy young man working as a joiner with his dad when meningitis tragically took his life
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Bea's story
Louisa’s young daughter Bea had a high temperature, sickness, a painful neck and was lethargic. Doctors initially thought she had a viral infection but it was something more serious – pneumococcal meningitis
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Leo G's story
Georgia’s little son Leo went from being a normal, giggly baby to a very sick little boy – all within the space of an hour
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Holly J's story
Holly, from Cambridgeshire, was on her way to Norway on a work trip when she started to feel ill. She managed to get to the airport and through security but collapsed before making it on to the plane
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Michael B's story
It was thanks to his persistence that Michael was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with meningitis after he fell ill in 2015