Worst-case scenario was that she had meningococcal scepticaemia.

You always err on the side of caution. You always think of the worst case scenario when making an assessment and that is very much in the back of your mind.

If I ever thought I was dealing with someone with a meningococcal disease I would have dispatched an ambulance straight away.

There are some people in this world who can emotionally disconnect like a light switch. It’s like a mental defense mechanism.

We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a vivid and illuminative dream.

It's very quiet and almost ethereal and you would never guess that we are a very short drive ? less than 10 minutes ? to the heart of downtown.