Parents of Cork girl who died from Strep A infection hope doctors will learn from failings in her care

Couple said they wanted to warn the public how untreated Strep A can be fatal and to raise awareness it is curable with antibiotics and early diagnosis

Lilly and Dermot Murphy from Cork leaving the conclusion of a Medical Council fitness-to-practice hearing after the death of their 10-year-old daughter, Vivienne Murphy, who died on March 1, 2019, as a result of an untreated Strep-A infection. Picture Colin Keegan/Collins

The parents of a Cork schoolgirl who suffered “a horrendous death” from an invasive Group A Strep infection have expressed a fervent hope doctors will learn from the failure of a GP to recognise the urgency of their daughters’ condition, which was treatable if it had been diagnosed in time.

Vivienne Murphy, 10, from Millstreet, died at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street in Dublin on March 1, 2019 — eight days after her parents took the decision to rush her to Cork University Hospital after being dissatisfied with the diagnoses provided during four visits to doctors in the previous six days.