A girl who lost four limbs after she was wrongly discharged from a hospital has had a multimillion-pound settlement approved by a judge. Lawyers of the young girl said that she went to Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey with “red flags for meningitis and sepsis” but was given paracetamol and discharged.
However, later when her parents took her back to A&E a few hours later, she was diagnosed with meningococcal sepsis and went on to suffer multi-organ failure.
The NHS trust accepted liability.
She then had above-knee amputations of both legs and above-elbow amputations of her arms.
The High Court heard Neil Dardis, chief executive of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, had apologised in a letter to the parents and said her care “fell below the standard (the girl) was entitled to expect” and she should not have been discharged.
Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC, representing the family, said the girl had lost all four limbs after “not being diagnosed promptly enough in relation to meningitis”.
She said she was “an extraordinarily brave little girl who is managing in school to do very well academically”.
Bradley Martin KC, for the trust, said: “There is no amount of money that can truly compensate (her) for her injuries.
“She will have access to the care and technology she needs.”
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A spokesperson for the NHS trust said: “We are very sorry for the claimant’s injuries and we understand no amount of money can fully compensate for them.
“However, we are pleased that the settlement has been approved and we hope the agreed damages will ensure that the claimant can live as independently as possible in the future.”
