THE parents of a two-month-old baby who died suddenly have been told there was nothing they could have done to prevent his death.

Ollie Burford Myers died on February 1, at the Royal Bolton Hospital.

He had been rushed to hospital after he was found unresponsive and “floppy” in his cot by his mother Korrinne Myers, at his home in Starkie Road, Tonge Moor.

Ms Myers, who was separated from Ollie’s dad George Burford, fed Ollie and put him to bed at 7.25am on February 1, and said there was nothing wrong with him.

But just half-an-hour later when she checked on him, Ms Myers found he was unresponsive and dialled 999.

An inquest at Bolton Coroner’s Court heard that Ms Myers had taken Ollie to the doctors, in Crompton Way Health Centre, three times in December, had taken him to A&E when he was just 12 days old, and had taken him to an out of hours doctor on January 12, as she was concerned that he was not feeding properly and had vomited.

Medical notes revealed that doctors had diagnosed Ollie with a neo-natal snuffle and at his last visit had suspected he could have gastric reflux, a condition which is relatively common in newborns.

But in the days before his death, Ollie had not been poorly and Ms Myers, who also has an 18-month-old son called Alfie Myers, said there was nothing out of the ordinary.

Pathologist Dr Melanie Newbould said Ollie had died from acute pneumonia.

She added the pneumonia could have happened very quickly and would not have been detectable.

Deputy coroner Alan Walsh said: “I’m satisfied that there was nothing else that you could have done to improve his life or prevent his death.

“It is totally unimaginable to feed a baby and put him to bed to sleep and half an hour later find him unresponsive and within a matter of hours and have to come to terms with the fact that he has died.

“I conclude that Ollie died suddenly as a result of a naturally occurring disease.”