A mum whose four-year-old son died the day after being sent home from hospital wept as she told an inquest her pleas had been ignored.

Little Zeshan Ali Hussain was seen by two doctors after his desperate parents rushed him to Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Mum Shagufta Kanwal broke down in tears as she was given the chance to question children's doctor Shiba Qamar, a senior house officer in the hospital's paediatric department.

Mrs Kanwal said: "She did not check him properly. I had been telling her that he was totally different but she just ignored me. She should have kept him in."

The inquest was told by consultant pathologist Dr Philip Batman that the boy died of a bacterial infection bronchopneumonia.

Bradford's Deputy Coroner Mark Hinchcliffe adjourned the inquest to obtain an independent specialist paediatric report.

He heard that the boy died the day after his desperate parents had rushed him to the Accident & Emergency department after being unable to get a GP appointment.

Zeshan, who lived with his parents at Gladstone Street, Bradford, had been unwell with a high temperature on January 5 but his dad Nasarat Hussain was unable to get an appointment at the surgery on Otley Road. He said: "I told them that he had a high temperature and that he was vomiting and that I wanted to see the doctor, but the receptionist said there were no appointments available that morning. I asked to be put through to the practice manager because I was not happy. She said: 'sorry we are busy, there are no appointments'."

The inquest was told his parents frantically tried to get an appointment the following morning but, according to them, they were again told there were none available and to ring back in the afternoon.

When they did so Mr Hussain said he described the symptoms to the receptionist who told him to take Zeshan straight to A&E. He said that his son had gone "totally blueish".

Practice manager Judith Bargna told the inquest the family had telephoned the practice on both days and claimed Mr Hussain became verbally abusive. She told him to ring back in ten minutes, after she had had a chance to talk to the doctor, but it was the afternoon by the time they rang back on both days.

On arrival at hospital on January 6, Mr Hussain told staff his son had a very high temperature, had been vomiting and had a swollen face.

He was first seen by Dr Alesandra McGrath, who told the inquest the boy did not have stomach pain and was passing water without difficulty, and did not have any rashes, although she said that he had a temperature of 41 degrees C, the normal being 37. She told the inquest that she "wasn't sure what the reason for the fever was".

Because she had been told about the vomiting and swollen face Dr McGrath asked for a second opinion. Zeshan was then given a chest x-ray and taken to the paediatric ward, where he saw Dr Qamar. She told the inquest the boy had no breathing problems.

"The parents were concerned about the facial swelling but his temperature had come down further and he had perked up a bit," she said. There was no reason to suspect a bacterial infection.

Consultant radiologist Dr Leanne Elliott told Mr Hinchcliffe that she had since looked at the x-rays of his chest and that there was nothing there to show a bacterial infection either.

Zeshan was discharged in the evening after a couple of hours in hospital. He was rushed back by his family the following day but he died.

Deputy coroner Mark Hinchcliffe adjourned the inquest for further inquiries to be made.

He said he wanted to obtain a further independent paediatric report. He said: "I am of the view that I need to obtain further assistance by way of further evidence."