Photo of misdiagnosed child released as warning to parents

THE family of a five year-old girl misdiagnosed with swine flu when she actually had meningitis have released pictures of her in hospital as a warning to other parents.

When Ruby Ayoub’s parents brought her to a doctor’s surgery when she became very unwell, they were told she had swine flu and to bring her home.

However, within hours they became deeply concerned at the deterioration in her condition and rushed her to Crumlin Hospital where she was diagnosed with the potentially lethal disease meningitis.