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Mississauga girl loses 2 limbs after infection doctors thought was influenza
Doctors at Trillium Hospital said she had the flu, 3 days later 11-year-old was fighting her life
By Ali Chiasson, CBC News Posted: Mar 21, 2017 10:39 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 21, 2017 11:18 AM ET
Ali Chiasson
Reporter, CBC Toronto
On an otherwise routine Tuesday evening in February, 11-year-old Nupur Mate was complaining about a headache.
The Mississauga girl had a 39 C fever and her symptoms seemed to be those of a common cold or influenza. But when Nupur couldn't stop shivering, her family took her to the emergency room at nearby Trillium Hospital.
That hospital visit became the first of two times her parents were told their daughter had influenza and could recover at home.
The third time Nupur's parents took her to the hospital, her heart stopped.
Nupur has since had two limbs amputated ? her left arm and right leg ? and is surviving on dialysis at the Hospital for Sick Children, following a diagnosis of a serious bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus A. Her family is now questioning why Trillium Hospital doctors didn't pick up on the severity of Nupur's symptoms sooner.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-girl-infection-1.4032910
Doctors at Trillium Hospital said she had the flu, 3 days later 11-year-old was fighting her life
By Ali Chiasson, CBC News Posted: Mar 21, 2017 10:39 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 21, 2017 11:18 AM ET
Ali Chiasson
Reporter, CBC Toronto
On an otherwise routine Tuesday evening in February, 11-year-old Nupur Mate was complaining about a headache.
The Mississauga girl had a 39 C fever and her symptoms seemed to be those of a common cold or influenza. But when Nupur couldn't stop shivering, her family took her to the emergency room at nearby Trillium Hospital.
That hospital visit became the first of two times her parents were told their daughter had influenza and could recover at home.
The third time Nupur's parents took her to the hospital, her heart stopped.
Nupur has since had two limbs amputated ? her left arm and right leg ? and is surviving on dialysis at the Hospital for Sick Children, following a diagnosis of a serious bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus A. Her family is now questioning why Trillium Hospital doctors didn't pick up on the severity of Nupur's symptoms sooner.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-girl-infection-1.4032910