A YOUNG Bolton couple are planning legal action after claiming doctors failed to spot a serious blockage which had been in their baby son's digestive system since birth.

Jordan Jones spent two weeks at Bolton's special care baby unit after suffering from breathing problems when he was born four weeks prematurely.

As reported in the BEN, Caroline Murphy and Julian Jones of Glaister Lane, Top o'th' Brow, are lodging an official complaint about an emergency on-call doctor who, they claim, refused to make a home visit to their five-week-old son when he was in severe pain.

They say a doctor finally attended after Jordan suffered hours of agony.

But grandmother, Susan Jones said doctors continued to ignore their concerns until a specialist diagnosed a condition which could have left the child brain damaged.

Mrs Jones said doctors continued to call on the child last week and he was eventually sent to hospital.

Jordan later returned home but was vomiting again. Next day he nearly choked and an ambulance took him to Bolton Royal Infirmary.

Mrs Jones said doctors at the hospital told the parents they had been overfeeding him and sent him home, but he got steadily worse and when the couple's GP saw him she immediately referred him to Bolton General Hospital.

A paediatric specialist immediately put the child on a saline drip and a blockage was found in his digestive system which they were told had been there since birth.

Mrs Jones said the surgeon who operated on her grandson said he had become so dehydrated as a result of the blockage, it could have caused brain damage.

A spokesperson for Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust said: "If the family wants to discuss any difficulties they feel they have encountered, they are welcome to get in touch with us."

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