A teenager who hoped to become a doctor has died after getting swine flu, it has emerged.
Madelynne Butcher, 18, who had been due to study biology, fell ill after returning from a holiday in Tenerife to celebrate finishing her exams.
The student, from Sholing in Southampton, became sick and short of breath and was eventually taken to Southampton General Hospital.
After two weeks she was transferred to Glenfield Hospital in Leicester for specialist treatment.
Her mother Beverley and father Alan went to visit her in Leicester last Thursday, but were told their daughter had died.
A post-mortem examination has yet to establish the exact cause of death, but Miss Butcher had been diagnosed as having swine flu by doctors in Southampton and had been prescribed the antiviral Tamiflu.
She had been due to study biology at the University of East Anglia.
Mrs Butcher told The Daily Echo: "She loved every minute of life. Madelynne was so adorable, everyone who met her thought so and that's what all her friends have been saying.
"She was a very outgoing, easygoing and thoughtful, always thoughtful to her friends and family."
A total of 36 people in the UK have died after getting swine flu, according to the latest Department of Health figures.
