Mrs Embourme said she spent a lot of time reading to her daughter while she was kept in intensive care. Even though she was unconscious the doctors told us that they did not know how much she could take in. It was also a comfort to us, because it was about all we could do. Mrs Embourme said she was delighted that the meningitis vaccine programme had been so successful. But we have been very fortunate.
Many children die, and many others lose limbs.
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