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state political reporter Leah MacLennan

Four-year-old sick boy left without pillow at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital, opposition says

SA Health says it has now changed where the pillows are stored to make them easier to access. (Supplied: SA Opposition)

The state opposition says a four-year-old was given folded up towels in lieu of a pillow at the Women's and Children's Hospital despite an audit by the state government into hospital supplies. 

Shadow Health Minister Ashton Hurn said she had spoken to the mother who said the boy was admitted to the hospital late last month with a suspected bowel obstruction, dehydrated and in pain.

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