Mum of critically ill baby denied hospital food as she wasn't breastfeeding

Image source, Sophie Price

Image caption, "I just needed a hot meal to keep going for my daughter," Sophie said

By Danielle Herbert

BBC Wales

A first-time mum was denied hospital meals while her baby was "fighting for her life" because she was not breastfeeding.

Sophie Price, 22, was "shocked" when staff refused to give her a meal while her daughter Florence was being treated on a paediatric ward at Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, Torfaen.

Despite giving birth in the hospital five days earlier, she was told she was no longer classed as a patient as she was not breastfeeding, so she would not be provided with meals.

Aneurin Bevan health board said it was "sorry to hear about Sophie's experience" and was "committed to supporting families throughout their child's stay".

"It was just an awful experience.…