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Aaliyah Rugg & Bradley Jolly

'I knew my son wasn't well but doctors told me to relax - always trust your instincts'

A baby was resuscitated after his lips turned "navy blue" and he experienced a seizure - but his mother was told to "try to relax".

Liane Slawson described her "awful experience" watching little Max Dwyer suffer up to 18 seizures every night in hospital when he was just three months old.

She said she was "screaming out" for answers but doctors at Countess of Chester Hospital told her to "try to relax" despite having just resuscitated Max, following one particularly distressing episode.

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