Boy, 12, dies after Doctors refuse to make house call, telling mother to 'give him paracetamol'
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A boy of 12 died after doctors refused to make a house call - and told his mother to give him paracetamol.
Daniel Farr had been vomiting continuously and could barely stand after he was struck down by a mystery illness, yet out-of-hours GPs ignored his anxious mother's plea for help.
Rosemary Farr demanded answers from the weekend service. 'Daniel could still be alive if one of the doctors had come out to see him,' she said.
The normally fit and healthy schoolboy, from Reading, had started being sick after going to a friend's birthday party on Friday.
'At first I thought it might have been something he had eaten or that it was that winter vomiting virus that is going around,' his mother said.
'The sickness continued into Saturday morning and he also started complaining that his sides hurt and he had pains in his chest.'
Mrs Farr, 51, rang her GP practice but it was closed for the weekend so her call was patched through to the WestCall operations centre.
Daniel Farr had been vomiting continuously and could barely stand after he was struck down by a mystery illness, yet out-of-hours GPs ignored his anxious mother's plea for help.
Rosemary Farr demanded answers from the weekend service. 'Daniel could still be alive if one of the doctors had come out to see him,' she said.
The normally fit and healthy schoolboy, from Reading, had started being sick after going to a friend's birthday party on Friday.
'At first I thought it might have been something he had eaten or that it was that winter vomiting virus that is going around,' his mother said.
'The sickness continued into Saturday morning and he also started complaining that his sides hurt and he had pains in his chest.'
Mrs Farr, 51, rang her GP practice but it was closed for the weekend so her call was patched through to the WestCall operations centre.
