A four-week-old baby who battled a serious lung infection is back at home with his mum and dad after being discharged from a Nottingham hospital.

The parents of Cameron Greenwood had faced a 160-mile trek every day for almost two weeks to see their new-born son after he had to be taken to the Queen's Medical Centre at Nottingham for specialist treatment because of a shortage of intensive-care beds close to home.

As revealed in the Telegraph & Argus, Cameron fell seriously ill on New Year's Eve in Bradford Royal Infirmary where he was being treated for bronchiolitis - a viral infection of the airways that causes difficulty breathing. Parents Robert Greenwood and Kelly Singh, of Allerton Grange Drive, Allerton, had thought Cameron's condition was improving after he was admitted to the children's ward at BRI on December 27, but on New Year's Eve he took a turn for the worse and started gasping for breath.

Doctors in Bradford gave him emergency treatment but then shocked his parents when they said Cameron, who had been born on December 11, would have to be taken to Nottingham for intensive care as the regional unit in Leeds was full. The couple, who have two other children - Connor, six, and Callum, three - had to make a four-hour round trip every day to visit Cameron, often only having time to stay an hour.

Mr Greenwood spoke exclusively to the T&A about the desperate situation to highlight the shortage of paediatric intensive care beds in the district. But now the family are delighted after Cameron's condition improved enough for him to come home.

But the couple had to travel to Nottingham to bring Cameron home because there was no ambulance available to transport him back to Bradford.

Mr Greenwood said: "A bed became available back at BRI but they decided he was well enough to come straight home.

"We just have to keep an eye on his breathing and feeding. He is a bit crackly and still has a cough but other than that he is fine. We are just relieved it is all over - it is like a big weight has been lifted off our shoulders. We can start to enjoy the New Year now."