Two-month-old dies of meningitis after doctors send her home diagnosing it as constipation
The doctors at Royal Hospital for Sick Children told Amber Rafferty's mum Veronica that it was nothing to worry about — just constipation. Amber died the following day.
Two-month-old Amber Rafferty's parents took her to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh after she got ill. Her 25-year-old mother Veronica was told by doctors that it was nothing to be worried about and diagnosed the baby with constipation. Tragically, the next day, little Amber died of meningitis. The Daily Report reported that the devastated parents have accused the National Health Service (NHS) of carelessness.
Veronica told the publication, "I woke up and Amber was in her Moses basket but she wasn’t breathing. I had been taught first aid because she’s a premature baby so I started doing CPR. She was taken away by ambulance and we followed in a police car. It was the worst day of our lives."