Girl, 5, dies of asthma attack after doctor refused to see her for being minutes late to appointment


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Feb 2017

Ellie-May Clark, 5, died of an asthma attack late at night after being turned away by a doctor earlier in the day.

LONDON: A five-year-old British girl who was turned away by a doctor for being a few minutes late for an appointment died of an asthma attack that very day.

But the doctor is still practising medicine in South Wales after being given a warning following a secret disciplinary hearing, a local daily reported.

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