A MUM says her premature baby boy is being left to starve after doctors forgot to refer him for vital surgery.
Little Hugo Sharp’s parents were told he needed a gastrostomy tube inserted into his stomach to feed him.
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He was born three months premature and spent the first nine weeks of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Hull Royal Infirmary.
Hugo, who is now one and weighs just 14lbs, was released from hospital with a nasogastric (NG) tube as a temporary solution.
But his parents have now discovered he is not on any waiting lists for the right tube nor is he booked in for any follow-up appointments and has been left in “no man’s land”.
Mum Nikki Sharp told HullLive: “We were told he needs a gastrostomy tube because he is classed as ‘failure to thrive’ as he is not getting enough nutrition. They said he needs the tube to gain weight and develop.
‘SUFFERED HIS WHOLE LIFE’
“He’s suffered his whole life, he has tummy cramps and diarrhoea, it’s never stopped.”
Nikki said staff told her that Hugo’s consultant “forgot to press send” on the referral for the gastrostomy tube.
She added he is now refusing the milk he was recently prescribed.
But without an appointment from his consultant they can’t get a prescription for any other milk.
Nikki, who is married to Hugo’s dad Scott, added: “We don’t have any milk whatsoever, a gastro doctor needs to prescribe it.
“We have tried it for four weeks as they told us to, but it’s not worked and he needs to go back on what he was on but without an appointment they’ve left him to starve.”
She admitted she doesn’t know where to turn next.
Nikki added: “He doesn’t sleep, he is feeding though a tube, medication after medication, he’s in pain, we’re like his carers, it’s constant.
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“I feel frustrated he’s getting fobbed off because they haven’t pulled their finger out their a*** – its disgusting how hes been left.”
A spokeswoman for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said: “We are sorry Hugo’s parents are unhappy with his treatment.
“Although we are unable to comment on individual cases because of strict rules governing patient confidentiality, we can confirm our Patient Advice and Liaison Service has received a complaint from the family and we will respond to them as soon as possible.”
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