{"id":111099,"date":"2024-10-06T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111099"},"modified":"2024-10-06T15:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:45:50","slug":"swindon-dad-who-lost-daughter-to-meningitis-urges-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111099","title":{"rendered":"Swindon dad who lost daughter to meningitis urges vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/af3d\/live\/bd584f60-8348-11ef-9b70-5724fb92b423.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/af3d\/live\/bd584f60-8348-11ef-9b70-5724fb92b423.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/af3d\/live\/bd584f60-8348-11ef-9b70-5724fb92b423.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/af3d\/live\/bd584f60-8348-11ef-9b70-5724fb92b423.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/af3d\/live\/bd584f60-8348-11ef-9b70-5724fb92b423.jpg.webp 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--><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Paul Gentry&#8217;s daughter Izzy died when she was 16 and studying for her A-levels in 2016.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Within 48 hours of becoming unwell she went into a coma and never recovered.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Gentry, a military veteran from Swindon said:  &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen a lot of horrific things, but to lose your child is the worst thing. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/57d2\/live\/cc989e20-8349-11ef-996b-618eb16a2dbf.jpg.webp 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and has long dark hair.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Paul Gentry<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Mr Gentry is an ambassador for Meningitis Now and met presenter Lisa Snowdon, who has been through the disease herself<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;If they&#8217;re taken away from you, there&#8217;s nothing that can describe that.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Gentry was speaking at an event to mark World Meningitis Day, and he has also become a volunteer ambassador for <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meningitisnow.org\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Meningitis Now.<!-- --><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Describing Izzy as having a &#8220;beautiful, lovely personality, a friend with everybody&#8221;, he explained that she had aimed to be a midwife and would have wanted him to do something following her death.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to grieve and shut my life down&#8221;, he said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">&#8220;Beggar&#8217;s belief&#8221;<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Most available vaccines against different types of meningitis are included as part of the UK routine immunisation schedule.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Gentry said it was &#8220;frustrating&#8221; that some have not been vaccinated.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He said: &#8220;It&#8217;s beggar&#8217;s belief, considering it&#8217;s freely available and it&#8217;s a lifesaver, it&#8217;s important parents check with the their doctors to make sure their children have been vaccinated.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He emphasised that sometimes symptoms are not obvious &#8211; it was only when Izzy was in intensive care that the well-known rash appeared. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Her illness started as a headache, one of a <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/meningitis\/symptoms\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">long list of potential symptoms given by the NHS<!-- --><\/a>. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Eventually, the disease led to all her organs shutting down. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" 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T-shirt and dark shorts looking into the camera while standing in a jungle\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Paul Gentry<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Mr Gentry has taken on numerous challenges since 2016 to raise awareness and cash for Meningitis Now<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Gentry said: &#8220;People only talk about meningitis when something really tragic occurs.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It is one of the reasons he does the charity challenges.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Since 2016 he has undertaken dozens of challenges for charity to raise money and to raise awareness about meningitis.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He said: &#8220;It&#8217;s been a positive outcome in that Izzy drives me. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p 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