. A medical link was established between his death and the mould and damp in his house ( MEN Media) The youngster on his second birthday, just a week prior to his death ( MEN Media) The family had also asked to be moved into a new home, The MEN reported. Awaab suffered breathing difficulties prior to his death. He was admitted to Royal Oldham Hospital where he was pronounced dead on December 21, 2020, the coroners' court heard. Details from Awaab's post-mortem, revealed at an earlier hearing at Rochdale Coroners' Court, that a medical link was clearly established between the damp and mould and his death. Awaab and his family are far from the only families living on the Freehold estate to be affected by severe damp and mould. Others have tried and failed to move home, with some even having letters from their GPs urging them to leave. Some children had to be rushed to hospital with severe breathing issues - including four-month-old Gabriel, son of Vilma Lavres, who filmed the shocking moment he was struggling){kind=link}
Awaab Ishak tragically died shortly after his second birthday in his home on the Freehold estate in Rochdale, rampant with damp and mould, conditions which also blight properties housing several other families
Awaab Ishak tragically died after his family was forced to live in a damp, mouldy flat – and countless families still live in similar conditions.
Awaab would enjoy playing outside, freed from the conditions at home that blighted his health, and had celebrated his second birthday just a week before he died.
A medical link was established between the damp and mould and his death, and now an inquest into his death commences this morning.
His father, Faisal Abdullah, had complained about the mould in the family home before Awaab was even born, an earlier coroner’s hearing was told.