Please Don't Leave My Little Girl To Die

Mum fears healthy children will take priority over sick daughter

- Lisa Hodge

A devastated mum says she fears her disabled daughter will be “left to die” under health guidelines if she contracts coronavirus.

Ailey Wales suffers from Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a rare genetic condition which has left her unable to walk, talk or eat.

Mum Shannon says guidelines set out by the National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) state that if medics have to make a decision of which life to save between Ailey and a non-disabled child, then the five-year-old would be “left to die”.

Shannon, 26, from Dreghorn, Ayrshire, said: “It’s absolutely heartbreaking to think that Ailey would not be given the chance to survive.”

According to the guidelines, if the NHS gets to the same critical point that Italy is at right now, then doctors might be forced to make some difficult choices.