The GP of a 15-year-old girl who died of TB has told her inquest that he "fully accepts" that a diagnosis of the disease "never crossed his mind" even though she had tested positive for it before.<br>

Alina Sarag, from Birmingham, became ill in August 2010 after returning from a holiday in Pakistan. More...

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