He said he started to get a sore back, which he put down to the bed at his accommodation, but he then developed a squint, hallucinations, high fever, double vision, migraines and became unsteady when standing.
“[It was] the worst experience of my life,” he said.
After his first trip to hospital, he said he was recommended paracetamol, water, an eye patch and then sent home.
On his second visit he said he felt “bullied out of the hospital”, adding his girlfriend was “laughed at” by a staff member for suggesting a diagnosis of meningitis or sepsis.
His parents then arranged a taxi to take him to hospital in Cambridge.