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Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2808864/Meningitis-kills-Jasmine-aged-7.html
Meningitis kills Jasmine, 7
By JOHN COLES
Published: 15 Jan 2010
PLAYFUL Jasmine Clare smiles from the top of a huge snowball - but just 36 hours later the seven-year-old was dead from meningitis.
A local paper snapped happy Jasmine balancing on the ball she and pals made.
Next day, teachers sent her home at 1.30pm because she was showing flu-like symptoms.
By 10.30pm she was far worse so parents Simon and Dina, 38, called an ambulance.
Doctors diagnosed meningitis. Jasmine died before she could be transferred for specialist care.
She had fallen ill only 12 hours earlier.
Carpenter Simon, 41, of Glastonbury, Somerset, said: "She was our little angel, always smiling and happy. She was loved by all who met her.
"She was so excited to think she would be in the newspaper. We hope her death acts as a warning for parents to be aware of the symptoms of meningitis."
Jasmine's sister Ellie, 15, has set up a Facebook page in her memory. Wendy Turner, headteacher at her school, St John's Infants, said: "She was lovely. She had a sunny personality."
Steve Dayman, of Meningitis UK, said: "It is an especially cruel disease." It is not thought the strain that killed Jasmine is contagious.
j.coles@the-sun.co.uk
Meningitis kills Jasmine, 7
By JOHN COLES
Published: 15 Jan 2010
PLAYFUL Jasmine Clare smiles from the top of a huge snowball - but just 36 hours later the seven-year-old was dead from meningitis.
A local paper snapped happy Jasmine balancing on the ball she and pals made.
Next day, teachers sent her home at 1.30pm because she was showing flu-like symptoms.
By 10.30pm she was far worse so parents Simon and Dina, 38, called an ambulance.
Doctors diagnosed meningitis. Jasmine died before she could be transferred for specialist care.
She had fallen ill only 12 hours earlier.
Carpenter Simon, 41, of Glastonbury, Somerset, said: "She was our little angel, always smiling and happy. She was loved by all who met her.
"She was so excited to think she would be in the newspaper. We hope her death acts as a warning for parents to be aware of the symptoms of meningitis."
Jasmine's sister Ellie, 15, has set up a Facebook page in her memory. Wendy Turner, headteacher at her school, St John's Infants, said: "She was lovely. She had a sunny personality."
Steve Dayman, of Meningitis UK, said: "It is an especially cruel disease." It is not thought the strain that killed Jasmine is contagious.
j.coles@the-sun.co.uk