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My darling daughter died for the lack of a ?6 jab: Grief and anger of swine flu victim's doctor father
By Sophie Borland and James Tozer
Last updated at 2:18 PM on 14th January 2011
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The doctor whose little girl died just hours after falling ill with swine flu yesterday accused Ministers of denying children a life-saving jab for the sake of ?6.
Parents across the country were moved to tears by the haunting image of three-year-old Lana Ameen lying on a life support machine, one of the youngest victims of this winter?s deadly outbreak.
Now her father, registrar Dr Zana Ameen, has told how, with all his medical knowledge, he can see only one reason not to offer the swine flu vaccine to young children ? cost.
Writing in today?s Daily Mail, he appeals to Ministers to look at the heartbreaking photograph of his beloved daughter just hours from death and ask whether it is right to deny other children a vaccine. He writes: ?If I could show the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley the photograph of
Lana shortly before she died, I would say to him: ?Put yourself in our position, think how we feel?. It?s not too late for them to think again.?
Dr Ameen writes: ?Everyone ? from her health team to the Government, to me, her Daddy who loved her more thananything in the world ? let her down.?
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ef-anger-swine-flu-victims-doctor-father.html
By Sophie Borland and James Tozer
Last updated at 2:18 PM on 14th January 2011
Excerpt:
The doctor whose little girl died just hours after falling ill with swine flu yesterday accused Ministers of denying children a life-saving jab for the sake of ?6.
Parents across the country were moved to tears by the haunting image of three-year-old Lana Ameen lying on a life support machine, one of the youngest victims of this winter?s deadly outbreak.
Now her father, registrar Dr Zana Ameen, has told how, with all his medical knowledge, he can see only one reason not to offer the swine flu vaccine to young children ? cost.
Writing in today?s Daily Mail, he appeals to Ministers to look at the heartbreaking photograph of his beloved daughter just hours from death and ask whether it is right to deny other children a vaccine. He writes: ?If I could show the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley the photograph of
Lana shortly before she died, I would say to him: ?Put yourself in our position, think how we feel?. It?s not too late for them to think again.?
Dr Ameen writes: ?Everyone ? from her health team to the Government, to me, her Daddy who loved her more thananything in the world ? let her down.?
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ef-anger-swine-flu-victims-doctor-father.html