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"I don't know how they could turn a child away without even dressing his wound." Joshua had two operations including a skin graft, and is still being cared for in Alder Hey. The accident happened as Joshua, from Liverpool Road, Huyton, crashed on his new mini-motorbike with brother Callum, 14, on Southport beach. Ms Madden said: "It was terrible. His leg was hanging off. Joshua was hysterical. His leg looked like a shark had bitten it." Her partner David Lewis, made a bandage out of his t-shirt and took Joshua to Southport hospital - to be told to go to Ormskirk. A spokesman for Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trusts said: "If a child comes in they will be assessed and advised about the best care, and if necessary they will be stabilised here." Story continues ADVERTISEMENT On Saturday the ECHO revealed a child with broken teeth and a bleeding mouth was turned away from Southport hospital. Cllr Sue McGuire, who campaigned against the removal of the children's A&E from Southport, said: "I find this shocking. "Southport has so many children here over the school holidays and the provision of emergency services needs to be reviewed."

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