Key Facts

• Sophie Price, 22, gave birth at Grange University Hospital five days before returning with Florence, who was having trouble breathing.
• Florence was diagnosed with bronchiolitis, a rhinovirus infection, and a blood infection.
• Doctors treated Florence with a mask-based machine that pumped air into her lungs.
• Price says she had not been able to breastfeed after Florence stopped taking breast milk during the first day of her life.
• Price says staff asked whether she was breastfeeding and then told her she could not receive a meal because Florence was being fed formula.
• The family says it spent more than £1,000 on canteen and takeaway food during its three weeks at the hospital.
• Aneurin Bevan health board said it was sorry to hear about Price’s experience and was committed to supporting families during a child’s hospital stay.