A
mum whose son suffers from a rare heart condition is backing calls for
youngsters to be screened following the death of an 11-year-old boy.
Leslie
Elkington collapsed and died at Shield Row Primary School in Stanley,
County Durham, last month after suddenly feeling dizzy during a SATS exam.
Although
a post mortem report has yet to be compiled, his family believe an
undetected heart condition may be to blame.
North
Durham MP Kevan Jones led calls to improve cardiac screening for the young
and treatment for those with such conditions.
And
now Fiona Sowden, 32, has thrown her support behind the campaign after
telling how her son, Matthew, almost died shortly after birth because he
suffers from the rare Wolfe-Parkinson-White condition.
The
mother-of-four, from Chirton, North Shields, said:
