'He was unresponsive -I've never been so scared in my life'

MUM BELIEVES DAMP AND MOULD IN HER HOUSING GROUP HOME KEEPS PUTTING THREE-YEAR-OLD SON IN HOSPITAL

- DECLAN CAREY

A MOTHER believes that damp and mould in her home is the cause of health issues which have hospitalised her three-year-old boy seven times.

Amy Smith, 29, lives in a Riverside housing group property on Ennerdale Road, Middleton, with her three children, aged two, three and seven.

Louie Bowie, three, was taken to North Manchester General Hospital at 3am on Monday, December 18, and was discharged two days later.

It is the second time he has been admitted in the last month, and the seventh time in total, the first incident occurring when he was just eight months old.

The Riverside Group says it is 'deeply concerned' about the health problems that the family is experiencing, and that it has completed 'extensive' works to tackle the issue in the property.

Ms Smith moved into the home in 2018, before Louie was born, where she claims she has been struggling to keep her children safe from mould despite raising the issue numerous times with the housing association. She claims the issue is so bad that it started sticking to the children's clothes which she has had to throw away and replace.

The family is currently staying in a temporary city centre apartment after repeated hotel stays. She said she was moved out of her home on November 22 for a week and half due to the issue and ended up in a hotel again until December 11 when the housing association claimed repairs had been completed.