Short sighted grandfather picks up wrong kid.

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Sunil

A primary school is investigating after it sent a six-year-old girl to the doctors with the wrong grandfather - who also failed to notice it was not his granddaughter.

The pensioner picked up the pupil, who has the same first name and hair colour as his granddaughter, and took her on a mile-long bus ride to the surgery.

The GP who saw the girl did not even realise the man had the wrong girl with him and the youngster was prescribed liquid paracetamol.

The 74-year-old grandfather, who has poor eyesight, then dropped the confused little girl back at Napier Primary School in Gillingham, Kent, around an hour later.

The mistake only came to light when the six-year-old got home and said to her parents: 'Here’s my medicine'.

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Former Member

Darn what a mistake!

at no time this grandpa and child didn't talk on the bus ride for him to pick up that it is the wrong child? 6year old girls are usually chirpy and talkative.

10/4/131:56 PM

Former Member

This is from the Daily Mail so most likely a bogus story. Either that or there are a bunch of folks in Kent with major issues including the GP.

10/5/139:38 AM

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