'I was appalled by the way I was spoken to and it felt like I was being shamed and humiliated for how I raised my children..'
A North Belfast mum has said that she felt "shamed and humiliated" by a doctor because of not breastfeeding her son while she was trying to get him urgent treatment.
Seimone said: "After Rossa had been admitted we had been speaking with a number of doctors and nurses about what needed to be done to help him. "Since Rossa was born he has had a restrictive diet that I have taken strict care with, but this seemed to be ignored and I was instead being criticised about whether or not I breast fed my children.
"We must have seen about 15 doctors who were all telling us different things and there seemed to be no joined up thinking at all about a treatment plan. "Near the end of his time there we were told to attend a multi-disciplinary meeting about his care, but when we arrived we were told that it had already finished and were given no indication about what was going on.
"If it wasn't for the support of my family and the amazing nurses on the ward I don't know how we would have coped throughout it all and Rossa has never been the same since because the experience was so traumatic for him."
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