article_snippet: Tragic: Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe died on June 4 2010, hours after His mother phoned for help .
article_snippet: A baby died from meningitis after the on-call doctor asked to examine Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe failed to turn up and instead left Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe worried parents a phone message to say
article_snippet: Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe was ‘very busy’, an inquest heard.
article_snippet: His mother had rung NHS Direct after the five-month-old boy was taken ill overnight with a high temperature and heavy breathing.
article_snippet: To-Doc scheme passed the call to duty GP Dr Jason Tahghighi with a message saying Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe needed to visit the family because the family had no transport to get to hospital or money for a taxi.
article_snippet: Instead of instructing Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe driver to take Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe to their address, however, Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe left two voicemail messages on Leo Radcliffe’s mother’s mobile phone asking Leo’s mother’s mobile phone to contact Leo Radcliffe’s.
article_snippet: When Leo’s mother’s mobile phone failed to answer, Leo Radcliffe’s assumed the family were asleep and that Leo was OK, made a ‘likely diagnosis’ of a viral illness and concluded that a visit was ‘not necessary’, the hearing was told.
article_snippet: But four hours later, Leo developed a tell-tale rash on Leo forehead, and although Leo parents called an ambulance Leo died later in hospital.
article_snippet: Leo Radcliffe, pictured, had been suffering a high temperature and heavy breathing .
highlights_snippet: Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe was suffering high fever and heavy breathing .
  
highlights_snippet: Five-month-old Leo Radcliffe mother phoned NHS Direct and was referred to local Go To Doc service .
  
highlights_snippet: Leo died in hospital on June 4 2010, hours after Leo 's call for help .