A hospital investigating the death of a newborn baby after his distraught parents claim they waited more than two hours for a midwife to arrive at their home when he was ill.
Colby Risso was born to 16 year-old mother Caitlin Walsh two weeks ago, after a problematic labour.
Immediately after the birth Ms Walsh and her partner Jack Risso, 19, noticed the left side of their son's face was droopy and his eye would not open properly.
Despite this, they were sent home from hospital at 11.30pm the day after the birth,
They claim they were told by hospital midwives that Colby would be checked out, but heard nothing more about the problem and assumed everything was fine.
When he was four days old, a midwife visited the family home and said Colby was in good health.
A hospital is investigating the death of newborn baby Colby Risso, who died at six days old after he stopped breathing. Colby is pictured on the day he was born with parents Caitlin Walsh, 16 and Jack Risso, 19
After he was born (pictured left with his father) Colby's parents noticed his face was drooping and one of his eyes wouldn't open, but he was sent home from hospital (pictured right) the day after his birth
But a day later he woke from a sleep and milk started gushing milk out of his nose.
Panicking, Ms Walsh called the midwife who promised to be there within two hours - but she never arrived.
After an hour-and-a-half Colby became listless and as his parents cuddled him.
He then gave a sudden gasp stopped breathing.
The couple called 999 and an ambulance arrived in 11 minutes, rushing him back to Milton Keynes Hospital, Buckinghamshire
At home, Colby woke form a sleep with milk
gushing from his nose, and his parents called a midwife, who promised to be
there in two hours but never arrived. He stopped breathing and died in hospital
days later
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