A mum who begged doctors not to send her baby home just hours before he died says she's never forgive the hospital staff who treated him.
Muna Aburizeq has described how she pleaded with medics to continue treating her three-month-old Mohammad Aldmour after he suddenly fell ill at home.
Last week an inquest heard how she called an ambulance for her little boy but he was later discharged by doctors, despite Muna begging them to admit him.
Hours later, he developed a meningitis rash and his panic-stricken mother called a second ambulance and asked them to take him back to hospital.
But paramedics spent almost forty minutes at the family home.
When he eventually arrived at hospital, his devastated mother told staff: ‘It is too late now.’

Mohammad says Muna was her 'entire world'
One of the nurses who treated Mohammad earlier in the day said: "This is why we should always listen to mothers".
The little boy went into cardiac arrest and died soon afterwards, with her by his side.
Muna, 37, from Hyde, Greater Manchester, says: “I told the doctors in no uncertain terms that I did not want to take my baby home. I knew he was seriously ill, but they wouldn’t listen.
“A mother’s instinct is a very powerful one, and if they had taken notice, Mohammad would still be alive today.
“When I called an ambulance a second time, the paramedic seemed far more interested in filling out his paperwork than he was in treating Mohammad.
“I told him Mohammad had a rash and blue lips and he actually accused me of being dramatic.
“By the time we arrived at hospital, I knew it was too late.  I will never forgive the staff who treated him. My son was just starting out in life, we had so many hopes and dreams for him, but they failed him at the time he needed them the most.
She begged paramedics to take him straight to hospital
“I look back on those three months of motherhood and they were so perfect, so full of joy. Now, it feels like a dream.
“My heart aches to hold my son again, and it gets no easier as time passes.”
Mohammad was a longed for and much-loved baby. Muna and her husband Emad had been trying for a baby for 11 years and she had suffered five miscarriages, before his birth in May 2018.
Muna says: “Mohammad was beautiful. I adored him, and I was very protective of him. He was my entire world.
“He was a contented, happy little baby and aside from some mild reflux he had no health problems.”
Muna’s husband was working abroad and she moved with her sister, Fatmeh, a teaching assistant, and her two young daughters.
In September 2018, Mohammad had been on his first ‘school run’ to take his cousins to school. He had seemed well all day until late afternoon, when he vomited violently after a feed. His temperature suddenly shot up, his lips turned blue and his mother and aunt were immediately concerned.
She claims paramedics said she was being dramatic 
He was taken to Tameside General Hospital, Manchester, by ambulance where Muna was unable to settle him.
She says: “I was becoming alarmed at how distressed he was. He was burning hot, but his feet were freezing, which is a marker for meningitis, but a nurse told me just to wrap them in a blanket.
“A doctor told me he just had a cold virus, and that he could go home. I was very polite, but I said to her: ‘I know my baby and he is not right, and I really don’t want to take him home.’
“I asked her to check his breathing, because it seemed laboured, but she told me he was fine.
“I was insistent but the most they would do was keep him for a further two hours. During that time nobody checked on him at all and then we were discharged.
“I felt absolutely helpless. I trusted the doctors, but I felt they weren’t listening to me.”
At home Mohammad became increasingly agitated and at 4am, Muna noticed a rash on her son’s stomach. She called another ambulance and the call was categorised as urgent.
But when paramedics arrived, they spent around 20 minutes in the house and a further 17 outside the house, before eventually taking the little boy to hospital.
Muna says: “It was as if I was wasting their time, like they didn’t believe me. I showed them the rash and they said the glass test was inconclusive.
“I told them his lips were blue and one paramedic actually said he thought I was ‘dramatic.’
“Outside in the ambulance he insisted on filling in paperwork, repeatedly asking me about my heritage, saying: ‘Are you black African?’
“I was appalled. I had Mohammad on my chest, his eyes were huge and glassy, and he was covered with a rash. I couldn’t believe it was happening. They just refused to see the urgency.”
When Mohammad finally reached hospital, he was rushed away by a team of medics who were unable to save him. He suffered a cardiac arrest and died with Muna at his side.
Muna says: “When we arrived, one of the nurses from our earlier visit said to me: ‘This is why we should always listen to mothers.
“I told her: ‘It’s too late.’
“I knew in my heart that he was drifting away. He opened his eyes one last time as the doctors tried to get anti-biotics into him, and then he died.
“I felt such a pain in my heart as he passed away. It felt my whole world went dark. I felt so guilty afterwards, that I should have been able to look after him, as his mother, yet I know I could not have done more.”
Mohammad’s family struggled to cope with their loss and Muna, a care worker, suffered a breakdown.
At an inquest into Mohammad’s death, held last week at South Manchester Coroner’s Court, a jury concluded there was a ‘gross failure’ by Tameside General Hospital.
Muna with step-mum Linda
According to the hospital’s own policy and national guidelines, three from five readings taken from the little boy should have triggered the sepsis pathway.
The coroner, Alison Mutch, recorded a conclusion that the baby died of natural causes contributed to by neglect, and the jury unanimously agreed that a number of failings during the first visit to hospital had contributed to Mohammad’s death.
Ms Mutch also acknowledged a series of failings by the North West Ambulance Service Crew who took Mohammad back to hospital for his second visit.
However she directed the jury to conclude that these failings did not contribute to Muhammad’s death as it was then, in all probability, too late for him to be saved.
The hearing heard that the issues raised, in relation to early medical intervention for sepsis patients, are of national importance.

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Victoria Beel, a clinical negligence specialist at Slater and Gordon who represents the family, said: “The tragedy here is that Mohammad’s mother did absolutely everything right but she was let down by the professionals who failed to act on the very clear warning signs.
"Mohammad was seen by two doctors and three nurses who should have identified sepsis and started appropriate treatment, but instead he was discharged home against the family’s wishes and died a short time later.
“It is accepted that by the time paramedics were called it was probably too late to save Mohammad, but that was not known at that stage. What is known, however, is their failure to recognise how serious his condition was.
“Neglect – or a gross failure to provide basic medical care – is not a common finding at inquest and shows how serious the hospital’s failings were in this case. Lessons must be learned.
"The family have paid the ultimate price and their only wish now is that this doesn’t happen to anyone else”.
A spokesman for Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said: "This is a tragic situation and our heartfelt condolences go to Mohammad’s family for their loss. We cannot begin to understand the grief they have been through. Our thoughts are with them.
"We fully accept the Jury’s findings today; and as a result, the lessons we have learned from our internal investigation; a number of changes have been implemented to secure further improvements in our pathways of care."
Director of operations for North West Ambulance Service, Ged Blezard said: “We express our sincere condolences to Mohammad’s family and appreciate this continues to be a very difficult time for them.
“We acknowledge the jury’s findings and thank the Coroner for her handling of this very sensitive case.
"Whilst we understand that the care provided to Mohammad did not contribute to his death, we are deeply sorry that the care provided to him was not to the standard that we would expect.
"The trust strives to provide the very best care to all of our patients but on this occasion, that was sadly not the case.
“Lessons have been learnt and following a full and comprehensive internal review, changes have been made to ensure better future care for our patients.”