Highgate schoolgirl fights swine flu in Greece
A HIGHGATE schoolgirl is still seriously ill in hospital in Greece after contracting swine flu. Natasha Newman, 16, was admitted to an intensive care unit in Athens last week after falling critically ill in Cephalonia. A spokesman for Penteli Children s H
A HIGHGATE schoolgirl is still seriously ill in hospital in Greece after contracting swine flu.
Natasha Newman, 16, was admitted to an intensive care unit in Athens last week after falling critically ill in Cephalonia.
A spokesman for Penteli Children's Hospital said her condition was "serious but stable".
The hospital spokesman said: "Her condition is the same. It has not improved or deteriorated. For the moment, we have a situation which is serious but stable."
You may also want to watch:
It is not known whether she has any underlying health problems.
The teenager is a pupil at Gordonstoun public school, in Elgin, Scotland, and Greek doctors said she had contracted the illness in London but carried on with her holiday.
Most Read
- 1 Swimmers find exotic python lurking outside lido
- 2 Curious Crouch End: From Mrs Hitler to the 'The Hornsey Revolution'
- 3 'Decades of cycling infrastructure progress in just a year'
- 4 Baked to perfection: Dunns rakes in prizes at World Bread Awards
- 5 Christmas trees and lights set for Hampstead return
- 6 North London police officer suspended and charged with theft
- 7 'Unacceptable': Fury over Crouch End roadworks diverting W5 bus
- 8 Squares Pizzeria: Authentic Italian meets effortless elegance
- 9 Objectors fear housing plans threaten chance of Highgate pub return
- 10 MP bemoans closure of Lloyds Bank in Muswell Hill
Her parents, Julian Newman and Nikki Boughton, are at her bedside.
