A heartbroken mother is refusing to bury her dead son or sign his death certificate until she discovers the full circumstances surrounding his death.

Beverley Gregory, 27, of Holme Wood, has criticised the ambulance service for not doing enough to revive her five-and-a half-month son, Keller.

But the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS), in Birkenshaw, says staff acted professionally and did everything they could to help the baby.

She has sought legal advice and wants a second post mortem carried out on Keller, whose body has remained in the mortuary at Bradford Royal Infirmary, since his death on February 17.

Painfully recording the events on the fateful day, Miss Gregory said she discovered her baby with his head under a blanket at 8.30am.

She called an ambulance when her baby developed breathing difficulties and the operator gave her instructions on how to keep the baby alive. "I felt he had a pulse, so I know he was alive," she said. She does not believe that the ambulance staff did enough to revive her son and thinks he died in the ambulance.

"I just felt him let go and could see he was no longer alive," she said.

Keller was pronounced dead just after 9am at the hospital.

The mother of four girls said she would not be able to lay her son to rest until the circumstances were known.

"I have to fight for my son." she said. "This is hurting me every day and I will suffer for the rest of my life, but how can I bury him without fighting for him?

"If I could keep him alive for 20 minutes, why couldn't they?" she said.

A spokesman for WYMAS offered condolences to Miss Gregory and her family.

"We arrived at her home in 12 minutes, which is within the performance times, and arrived at the BRI in seven minutes.

"We alerted the hospital to have doctors ready and waiting to help revive the baby. We did all we could in such tragic circumstances."

Anyone wanting a second post mortem needs to contact a pathologist, said the Coroners Society in London. In the first the local hospital should be contacted, said a spokesman. Anyone unhappy with the cause of death can seek a second post mortem, but the cost ranges from £500.

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