Furious mum blasts hospital as son’s ‘choking’ condition left untreated

Email A little boy who could not swallow without choking, who lost 20 percent of his body weight in his first week of life, had to wait 11 months until a regional Queensland hospital confirmed what his parents feared all along. SPECIAL REPORT

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