Dad pulls daughter out of nursery after she's left needing hospital treatment

A dad has been left shocked and angry after his daughter was left bloodied and bruised following an accident at nursery - with her injuries requiring hospital treatment.

Neil Dumoulin says his daughter Delilah, who is nearly three, has been left very upset and in pain following an incident at her nursery in York on Monday (May 15). On that day, she suffered a cut over her eye.

The nursery, Little Green Rascals, has launched an investigation into the incident and says it will share the conclusions when it is complete. Neil has told Yorkshire Live that staff phoned him just as he was about to collect Delilah on Monday to say she had fallen and hurt herself.

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The dad-of-five took a photograph of his daughter which shows her bloodied and bruised eye and then took her to the Accident and Emergency Department in York where the 1.5cm cut was cleaned and closed with glue.

Mr Dumoulin, from York, has submitted a complaint to nursery bosses and says his daughter had previously suffered minor scapes while playing, which were reported to him by nursery staff. He said his daughter had been 'clumsy' in the past but he was so concerned about the May 15 incident he has withdrawn Delilah from the nursery and reported the matter to Ofsted.

In an accident report, the nursery told Mr Dumoulin that staff had not seen how Delilah had hurt her eye but that she had told a member of staff that she hit it on a chair. The report said a member of staff had turned around and found Delilah on the floor by a table with a cut to her eye.

Mr Dumoulin said the family had been left "very traumatised" and his daughter was tearful, in pain, and not sleeping well.

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