Zaheer Ahmed said he 'begged and begged' for his nephew Yusuf to be admitted to hospital but was told 'there are no beds and not enough doctors'.
The infection had spread to his lungs and caused multiple organ failure resulting in several cardiac arrests.Mr Ahmed said:"He stopped breathing, he stopped talking, when he was choking, he couldn't breathe. He was struggling. And it's led to his life being taken at five years old."He would have been here playing like he was. We've lost a beautiful child… it's not his fault. We begged and begged and begged for help. We couldn't get it.
Dr Richard Jenkins, chief executive of the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, has offered his condolences to Yusuf's family and told Sky News:"We have commenced a thorough investigation into Yusuf's care, which will include liaison with Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.No children's intensive care beds south of Stoke
One doctor said child patients were being transferred to his London hospital from Wales because there were no PICU beds available anywhere in England south of Stoke.
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