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'Her body was going limp': GP clinic twice turned child away during emergency

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February 7 2025 - 3:00am
Picture by Marina Neil

When seven-year-old Madison O'Connor suffered anaphylaxis from eating a chocolate walnut bar, mum Sylvia rushed her to the nearest GP clinic.

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Damon Cronshaw

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    1. Comment by Peter Richardson.

      The dreaded medical receptionist

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      • Comment by Angela Longworth.

        In my ideal world nobody should leave school without a first sid certificate! If you had a nurse there this common but dangerous state would have been recognised! Great that the pharmiacist acted!!

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