A mum has praised the ambulance service after staff went the extra mile when her son collapsed at home.
Angie Brown dialled 999 after 10-year-old Noah passed out on the bathroom floor early Saturday evening.
With the youngster's temperature soaring to 42, the operator stayed on the line until the ambulance arrived.
Once paramedics got there, Angie says they were 'fantastic with Noah' - reassuring him every step of the way.
And when she finally made it into a cubicle with him at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, waiting for her was a brew and a note written on a napkin saying: "From ambulance crew, merry xmas."
In a Facebook post praising the pair, Angie, from Clayton, said: "I know they won’t see this but tonight we had to call an ambulance for Noah after his temperature went up to 42 and he passed out on the bathroom floor.
"The caller who took my call stayed on the phone for half an hour till the ambulance arrived checking that Noah was doing ok.
"The 2 ambulance men who arrived had just started their night shift, they were fantastic with Noah reassuring him all the time that he was going to be ok, especially when he got into the ambulance and was a bit scared."
Angie, whose son had been suffering with a cold and stomach bug, added: "Once all the checks had been completed by the nurse at the hospital we were put into a cubicle where this was waiting for me and a little note.
"They had a long night ahead of them but they not only cared for my son they thought about me as well.
"I’m so grateful to the call handler, paramedics, nurses and doctors who looked after my boy this evening. Noah is now home, temp and heart rate back to normal and he is fast asleep in bed."
