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A baby boy died less than two days after hospital staff allegedly sent him home with a “virus” and told his mum to give him paracetamol.

Devastated parents Hannah Duncan and Jamie Riley now face the agony of laying Leon to rest at his funeral two days after Christmas.

The little boy’s gran Lorri Duncan, 48, claims Hannah was told to give him Calpol.

She said she doesn’t blame the staff but blames the ‘under pressure’NHS.

Hannah tookeight-month-oldLeon to Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, after he’d been poorly and wheezing for six weeks.

His death, less than 90 hours later, has been recorded as unexplained, “pending investigation”.

NHS Fife said it could not comment on individual cases but offered condolences to the family,the Daily Record reports.

Lorri said: “We don’t blame the nurses that were on that day. We blame the NHS.

“We don’t want to be angry about it, we just want to know why.”

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Hannah took eight-month-old Leon to Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife (file photo)(Image: Google)

Leon’s mum Hannah had been told her son was suffering from a viral infection and advised to give him paracetamol, said Lorri, of Kirkcaldy.

“They said to give him Calpol and feed him his bottle via a syringe,” she said.

“The way we were looking at it , because we’d already been told to give him Calpol, it (his temperature) should have gone down, but it was still at (C.) “They said to Hannah it was a viral infection on top of a viral infection.

“ We don’t blame the nurses that were on that day. We blame the NHS. We know they’ve got targets and know they’re under pressure. ”

Lorri said Leon had been poorly for six weeks and they took him to hospital because he was wheezing. The family said while he was there his heart rate dropped but later returned to normal.

“We want to know why his heart rate dropped and why he was sent home , ”Said Lorri.

“ We’re not looking to blame anyone, but at the end of the day he was unwell for so long.

“We don’t want to be angry about it, we just want to know why.”

Leon’s death leaves mum Hannah and dad Jamie Riley, (******************************************************, mourning their child as Christmas approaches.

Lorri said her partner, Andy Boyle, who was Leon’s “papa” also played a big role in the little boy’s life.

A crowdfunder has been set up on the gofundme website to help Hannah, who has moved home and is rebuilding her life while she looks after Leon’s older brother Devon, two.