By Adam Dutton

A dad-of-one died just 24 hours after a bungling doctor refused to send him to A&E – telling him he had tonsillitis.

Michael Reynolds, 29, was told to rest after he initially went to his GP complaining of a sore and swollen throat .

He was sent home with a steroid nasal spray but when his symptoms got worse and was unable to swallow he was seen by a different doctor the next day.

Despite being questioned about whether he needed to attend A&E, the doctor brushed off his concerns and diagnosed him with tonsillitis and prescribed him oral antibiotics.

After collecting his prescription from the pharmacy, Michael returned home with his wife Charlotte where he collapsed.

The HGV driver, who had just become a dad to his son Jacob months earlier, was rushed to hospital but h

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