Hundreds more were to suffer chronic lung conditions for the rest of their lives.
Both got the all-clear, but Lione has since seen colleagues die from lung conditions.
Neil's research unravelled the mechanisms of airway narrowing in common lung conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
People with lung conditions who use a reliever inhaler should make sure that they carry it with them.
According to the BLF, nearly 1 million schoolchildren up to 15 years old have been diagnosed with lung conditions.
But Public Health England said it is only those with heart and lung conditions and old people who should avoid strenuous physical activity.
But it puts older people over the age of 80, and others with heart or lung conditions, at risk of pneumonia.
Professor Meenu Singh, a specialist in children's lung conditions, who works in Chandigarh, India says: "I don't wear a mask even in swine-flu season in India.
Many children have been hospitalised after the virus exacerbated existing lung conditions such as asthma.
But the results of this will be seen over the coming months as hospitals report increased admissions from people suffering respiratory diseases, strokes, heart attacks and worsening lung conditions.
They prayed for Gammy to survive but were told by doctors that he was too sick, not because of the Down syndrome but because of his heart and lung conditions and infection," the friend said.
