A sick teenager said she had an “annoying” virus and died after doctors failed to detect she was suffering from fatal meningitis and denied her life-saving antibiotics.

• Mia Ginever, 19, died at Frimley Park Hospital, Camberley, Surrey, in March 2022

A talented teenage artist died when doctors misdiagnosed her with meningitis and an “annoying” virus.

Mia Ginever, 19, died at Frimley Park Hospital in Camberley, Surrey, when doctors delayed administering life-saving antibiotics due to “conscious bias” over her initial diagnosis.

The terrified straight-A student heartbreakingly begged her mum Mel, 47, not to ‘let me die’ when she was rushed to hospital with shooting pain in her head and red spots on his skin which did not fade. She later developed a stiff neck and became delirious.

Doctors and nurses rushed around “beautiful and vibrant” Mia as she deteriorated before a helpless Mel watched, but it would be five hours before doctors could finally assess her.

The clerk refused to take blood tests or give him antibiotics and instead gave him a “sticky bandage” containing fluids and painkillers.

A new doctor on duty eventually ordered blood tests which revealed she had meningitis B and eventually gave her antibiotics – eight hours after she arrived at the hospital.

By now it was too late and Mia was placed in an induced coma and died two days later in intensive care. A few months earlier, she had told her parents that she wanted to become an organ donor.

A week earlier, in March 2022, the talented student was planning to go on a trip and applying for internships this summer with dreams of becoming an interior designer.

When a sore throat, body aches and headache worsened during the week, she went to the Frimley emergency room to get checked out.

Doctors told her she had an “annoying” virus and could go home, but Mia’s pain got worse and she returned to the hospital with Mel when she noticed the spots red on his body did not fade.

“Mia’s future was completely taken away through no fault of hers. She had so much to give the world and was ready to embrace her life,” Mel told the Times.

She added: “We trusted the doctors to make the right decisions. If I wanted her to die, I would have screamed.

An inquest into his death will begin today at Surrey Coroner’s Court in Woking and is expected to conclude on Friday.

Frimley Park Hospital admitted doctors failed to properly assess Mia for meningitis and sepsis, and failed to follow NHS protocol of administering antibiotics within an hour of arrival in the hospital for the second time.

Mia’s father Phil, 60, was shocked by the state of affairs when he arrived at hospital.

He described the care given to his beloved daughter as “so poor” and said the pain caused by Mia’s death would never go away.

“After he died, they let us take his handprints and his hair, as if he were a newborn. But then she was all alone. I should have stayed and waited,” he said.

The hospital carried out a serious incident review which revealed Mia had already developed meningococcal sepsis by the time she arrived at Frimley Hospital for the second time.

The study found that “conscious bias” linked to the first diagnosis of a viral infection influenced decisions made by doctors.

Since Mia’s death, the Ginevers have raised £70,000 for the Meningitis Research Foundation and her parents have raised awareness of the meningitis B vaccine.

Mel said doctors told him “this was one of the most serious and fastest cases they had ever seen.”

Writing on LinkedIn, six months after Mia’s death, Mel posted a heartfelt tribute to her daughter.

She said: “Mia had a sharp mind, life and soul, but she was also a ‘house bird’ and always lived at home. We desperately miss her beautiful smile and infectious laugh every day.

Deborah Nadel, legal director at Fieldfisher, is representing the family during the investigation and in connection with an ongoing negligence claim.

She said: “The pain felt by Mia’s family at learning that her death could have been avoided with prompt treatment is unimaginable.

“Hospitals need to improve the way they learn from their mistakes and the family hopes the coroner’s inquest will highlight this.”

Mia’s organs helped save the lives of four people and Mel described them as “lucky… to have a part of our precious daughter giving them a second hope”.

MailOnline has contacted Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust for comment.