Should you always trust a doctor?

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Every person, and especially every parent, wants to be able to have complete and utter trust in either their family GP or those at the hospital. We want to feel that every person is cared for properly and that each case is carefully investigated to ensure that the patient is fit and well enough to be allowed to go home.

This however was not the case in January of 2010, when a two year old boy was sent home from his local hospital only to die hours later. As it turned out, the toddler had septicaemia and pneumonia, his symptoms included a high temperature and a rash, but the medical staff at the hospital sent him home with nothing more than some paracetamol.

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