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Mother denied meals at Welsh hospital while newborn in intensive care
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Hospital denial of meals to non-breastfeeding mother
Sophie Price, a 22-year-old first-time mother, was told she would not receive hospital meals after her newborn daughter, Florence, was admitted to the paediatric ward at Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, Torfaen. Although Sophie had given birth at the same hospital five days earlier, staff classified her as no longer a patient because she was not breastfeeding, and therefore ineligible for meals. The decision came while Florence was being treated for a serious condition described by the mother as “fighting for her life.”
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Health board response
Aneurin Bevan Health Board issued a statement expressing regret over Sophie’s experience. No further details about policy changes or investigations were provided in the source material.
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Family’s financial burden
During the three-week period that Florence remained in hospital care, Sophie’s family purchased food from the hospital canteen and local takeaways, spending more than £1,000 to cover meals that were denied to the mother.