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A young boy ended up in hospital after life-threatening neglect following a shocking oversight by support services. ‌

The child, 10, was admitted with malnourishment , anaemia and scurvy – a severe vitamin C deficiency that gave him dreadful leg pain and meant four of his teeth had to be removed. The boy, named in a safeguarding review as ‘Abdur’, was known to social services due to his mother being a long-term drug addict to heroin and crack cocaine. ‌

Several of her older children had been put in the care of extended family. The family moved to Oldham in Greater Manchester when Abdur was young. He was placed under a care order at home two years before the incident, meaning Oldham council was responsible for his wellbeing. ‌

Described as a ‘very likable

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