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Luke was trying to protect us because that's Luke. 'That's when I felt he knew he was going to die. 'He said, ''Dad, I'll be okay, you take care of Jake and mum''. 'I think Luke knew he was going to die after what he said on the operating table. They amputated his leg but said he was too far gone. 'They said this is a life-threating operation and we might have to amputate his leg. 'We were shocked but thought to ourselves, 'they can save him', we put our trust in them. 'The doctors said he's really poorly, he's got this bacterial eating infection and it's a life-threatening situation. Ms Needham added: 'They took him into hospital for further checks and that was it, we got a call at 1am from Luke saying ''can you come down, they want to see you,'' and that's when we were told he has a 50/50 chance of survival. Two days later on January 22 Luke told his mother 'I can't take the pain anymore' and the family called 111 again who sent an ambulance. 'No one was offering the support and Luke was in a critical condition.'Īn ambulance eventually arrived at the family's home but paramedics said his high heart rate and temperature was down to him fighting an infection. Ms Needham said: 'I was feeling hopeless as I couldn't get my son out of bed to take him to A&E and just needed help. His mother rang 999 and insisted Luke's condition was critical, begging for them to send an ambulance which was refused.ĭespite calling Penvale Medical Centre to organise transport to take him to A&E, no one called her back. No one's going to bring him back but I want these people punished' Mr Abrahams said: 'It's a catalogue of errors.

The family called 111, and a doctor conducted a Zoom call consultation where he diagnosed Luke with sciatica and prescribed him naproxen - a strong painkiller.Ī day later Luke's leg pain had become worse and spread to his left buttock, leaving him unable to get out of bed.

The next day, Luke woke up with a pain in his leg which lasted throughout the night. However, his family said this never happened and Luke left the hospital without receiving treatment. The operator advised the 20-year-old to go to A&E where he was told he would be put on an intravenous drip. Two days later he still felt unwell so phoned his GP, but was unable to get through and when no one called him back he dialled 111.

Luke was initially diagnosed with tonsillitis after calling his GP at Penvale Medical Centre, East Hunsbury, Northampton, on January 15. 'Whichever way you look at it, none of the healthcare providers did their job properly. Luke was an older sibling to his sixteen-year-old brother Jake (left)