London:
A woman of Indian-origin in the East Midlands town of Leicester who was diagnosed for swine flu died later of meningitis.
Jasvir Kaur Gill, 48, was suffering from a sore throat and vomiting, and was diagnosed "over the phone" as having swine flu, media reports said. She was told to take Tamiflu,
but 12 hours later she collapsed and was taken to hospital.
An inquest at the city's Town Hall was told that she died of meningococcal septicaemia -- blood poisoning caused by the same bacteria that causes meningitis -- four days later.
Her 25-year-old son, Sukhvinder Gill, had called for doctors to consider other illnesses than swine flu when making diagnoses.
Speaking after the hearing, he said: "Everything these days seems to be about swine flu. You've got a sore throat, they tell you to take Tamiflu, you've got a headache, they
tell you to take Tamiflu.
"Everyone seems to be swine flu, swine flu, swine flu. What she had were also symptoms of meningitis, but they didn't think of that."
Leicester City Coroner Catherine Mason confirmed that the cause of Gill's death was meningococcal septicaemia.
She said: "Quite clearly, further inquiries need to be carried out in relation to this death."
Jasvir Kaur Gill, 48, was suffering from a sore throat and vomiting, and was diagnosed "over the phone" as having swine flu, media reports said. She was told to take Tamiflu,
but 12 hours later she collapsed and was taken to hospital.
An inquest at the city's Town Hall was told that she died of meningococcal septicaemia -- blood poisoning caused by the same bacteria that causes meningitis -- four days later.
Her 25-year-old son, Sukhvinder Gill, had called for doctors to consider other illnesses than swine flu when making diagnoses.
Speaking after the hearing, he said: "Everything these days seems to be about swine flu. You've got a sore throat, they tell you to take Tamiflu, you've got a headache, they
tell you to take Tamiflu.
"Everyone seems to be swine flu, swine flu, swine flu. What she had were also symptoms of meningitis, but they didn't think of that."
Leicester City Coroner Catherine Mason confirmed that the cause of Gill's death was meningococcal septicaemia.
She said: "Quite clearly, further inquiries need to be carried out in relation to this death."
