A grieving family voiced their anger at Sheffield Children\u2019s Hospital after they claim medical staff laughed at them and refused to put their son on a nebuliser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five-year-old Mohammad Ayaan Haroon, known as Ayaan, was rushed to hospital earlier this month, after his father found him struggling to breathe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The young boy was given X-rays and treated at A&E for a suspected chest infection before he was sent to the ward under observation, but sadly died in intensive care on 13 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His father, Haroon Rashid, 41, said the staff were unprofessional and laughed at them. He said: \u201cThey failed my son. They didn\u2019t give him the treatment he needed. The medical staff was even laughing in my face; they showed no compassion at all.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Ayaan was moved to the ward, Mr Rashid told medical professionals his son needed a suction machine and a nebuliser, but the medical staff ignored him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cI told them I would do it myself, but they refused and claimed I wasn\u2019t competent to do it. I had been trained by this very hospital to carry out this type of practice at home, but they wouldn\u2019t help me save my son.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ayaan had a long history of respiratory illnesses and had been treated at Sheffield Children\u2019s Hospital since he was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Rashid said: \u201cI have a lot of experience with this hospital and never had an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the week Ayaan was in hospital, Mr Rashid claims he made repeated complaints to staff for unprofessional behaviour, but none of them were taken seriously. He has now filed an official complaint to the hospital for what he labels \u201cmedical negligence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement expressing his condolences to the family, Dr Jeff Perring, Medical Director at Sheffield Children\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust, said:\u201d There will be a thorough internal investigation of the care and treatment Ayaan received at the hospital between 5 and 13 March which will cover the concerns raised in Mr Rashid\u2019s complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The family is now hoping to carry out an external investigation into their son\u2019s death, with the help of Zaheer Ahmed, the uncle of Yusuf Mahmud Nazir, another young boy who died of so-called medical negligence in South Yorkshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They will be meeting with the Chief Executive of Sheffield\u2019s Children\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust, Ruth Brown, to discuss the next steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A grieving family voiced their anger at Sheffield Children\u2019s Hospital after they claim medical staff laughed at them and refused to put their son on a nebuliser. Five-year-old Mohammad Ayaan Haroon, known as Ayaan, was rushed to hospital earlier this month, after his father found him struggling to breathe. The young boy was given X-rays […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":46001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n