Four-year-old from Bath starts primary school despite doctors advice to turn off life support machine

Four-year-old Harmonie-Rose from Bath has started school despite doctors warnings that she would have no quality of life. Credit: ITV West Country

A four-year-old girl from Bath has started primary school, despite doctors warnings that she would have no quality of life after losing her limbs.

Harmonie-Rose Allen contracted Meningitis B at just 10 months old.

Doctors advised her parents to turn off the life support machine, but she is now starting primary school and has a new pair of prosthetic legs.

Harmonie contracted Meningitis B at 10 months old and her parents were advised to turn off the life support machine. Credit: ITV West Country

Mum, Freya, told ITV News: "It's hard to look back now because she's doing so well. When we look back, she was in such a desperate place. We didn't know if she'd make it past the next hour, let alone four, nearly five and now going to school."

Harmonie will have one-on-one support at school to help her fit in as easily as possible.