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'I recognised son's meningitis signs after uni party and saved his life'

On Wednesday, Gaynor rushed her son Ross to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, where he was taken to ICU and diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and sepsis after a lumbar puncture.
Following a house party about a week earlier, Ross had phoned his mother on Tuesday feeling off colour, and by Wednesday he had symptoms like headache and stiff neck, prompting concern.
The Kent outbreak has reported 20 cases and two deaths, prompting a targeted vaccine programme for 5,000 students and Health Secretary Wes Streeting to ask the JCVI to re-examine vaccine eligibility.
Gaynor warned others to remain vigilant and said 'It is infuriating and heartbreaking in equal measure that we almost lost our son who's in a high-risk group and we didn't know anything about this vaccine', urging wider vaccine access for 16-24s.
Clinically, bacterial meningitis can move fast and cause sepsis, the NHS says infections have dropped by around 75% since the vaccination introduced in 2015; check the NHS App or consult GPs and pharmacists for records and key symptoms.

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