.BorisJohnson has been criticised for taking the phone of a journalist who tried to show him a picture of a boy sleeping on a hospital floor.
Boris Johnson has been criticised for taking the phone of a journalist who tried to show him a picture of a boy sleeping on a hospital floor. The UK prime minister was accused of not caring about Jack Williment-Barr, a four-year-old with suspected pneumonia taken to Leeds General Infirmary.
He was invited multiple times to look at a photo of the boy waiting for treatment lying on a pile of coats in an interview with ITV News - but instead pocketed the phone. Mr Johnson later took the phone from his pocket, looked at the screen and said: "It's a terrible, terrible photo, and I apologise obviously to the family and all those who have terrible experiences in the NHS".
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