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Three weeks after her daughter died of meningitis, an Ottawa mother is warning people to check their health records to ensure they have been vaccinated.

Roxsanna Mueller’s daughter Lily, 23, died at Queensway Carleton Hospital on June 27, less than 24 hours after first being sent home from the hospital’s emergency department with a prescription for penicillin.

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Mueller said she had not met with officials at the hospital to discuss events around her daughter’s death because she was too devastated.

“I haven’t been able to go there. I just don’t know what it is they could say to me that would make anything change. Maybe in the future I will talk to them, but it is still too raw for me.”

Mueller said nearly 800 people showed up for her daughter’s memorial service. Everyone she has talked to she has urged to check their family’s vaccine records.

“This should not have happened. It shouldn’t happen to any child. They should all have had their shots.”