Mum says five-year-old son ended up on ventilator in hospital hours after visit to GP

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A mum says her five-year-old son was put on a ventilator and put in a medically induced coma only hours after visiting his GP where no treatment was offered.

Little Ezra-Jac Crabb was rushed to hospital by his parents on June 14 after experiencing breathing difficulties during his brother's medical appointment.

His mum, Stephanie Parsons, says that her son had an out-of-hours appointment at the GP the day before as he had a cough and was given steroids for croup, reports Wales Online.The next day, Ezra was kept off school and went with his mum for a GP appointment arranged for his older brother at Pont Newydd Medical Centre in Porth at around 10.40am.During this appointment, the family allege that Ezra started to have a “coughing fit” and had breathing difficulties so his concerned father asked the GP to take a quick look at him while they were there.Stephanie says that her partner was told by the doctor that they should have made a separate appointment for Ezra as it "wasn’t fair" on other patients in the waiting room if the GP looked at him at that time.Stephanie says that eventually the GP relented and checked over Ezra, and found that his oxygen levels were reportedly at 92, extremely "low for his age” - but the mum says no treatment was offered.

She added: "[The GP] did nothing, all they did was give his dad a row because he should have booked him an appointment - I'm sorry my son becoming suddenly ill is an inconvenience to [them]." The family quickly raced to the A&E department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital and Ezra was taken straight into triage at around 11.15am.He was tested positive for croup, Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) - a common respiratory virus - and Rhinovirus.Stephanie said: "Literally within two