Parents put on alert after deadly enterovirus linked to child's death in NSW

[Phteven]

Surely it is Doctors and other medical professionals who should be put on alert to test for it.
The list of symptoms - fever, lethargy and lack of bodily control should be enough to send any parent to the hospital/Dr.

[Cass72]

Zazou - you would think (hope) those symptoms would be enough to send anyone to the doctor!

[Dansta]

if it starts off like HFM it may not.
when DJ had it he was happy as - after he had an epileptic fit and what looked like a dribble rash (and a temp that spiked then went away) turned out he had HFM - i'd sent him to kinder as his seasure was 48hrs before kinder and he seemed fine. :-/