Mother of a seriously ill child in Wales was refused food at the hospital because she was not breastfeeding
22-year-old Sophie Price from Newport told BBC Wales that staff at the Grange hospital in Cwmbran refused her hot meals while her daughter Florence was being treated in intensive care: on the paediatric ward only the child counts as a patient, and meals are provided to mothers only when breastfeeding. The family spent more than £1,000 on food over three weeks. 22-year-old Sophie Price from Newport told BBC Wales that staff at the Grange hospital in Cwmbran refused her hot meals while her daughter Florence was being treated in intensive care: on the paediatric ward only the child counts as a patient, and meals are provided to mothers only if they are breastfeeding. The family spent more than £1,000 on food over three weeks.
Aziz Karimov