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By Eoin English

Thursday, October 04, 2012

The parents of a seriously ill toddler who has defied the odds to survive a killer virus pleaded with a local authority last night to fast-track a housing transfer for his sake.

Deirdre and Vincent Collins from Gurranabraher in Cork said they are becoming increasingly frustrated with the delays as Daniel, two, faces a fresh battle with illness.

"I feel that our case is not being given the attention it deserves," Deirdre said.

"The council needs to stop thinking of Daniel as a file and think of him as an actual person."

Daniel, who was born healthy on June 24, 2010, was struck down a week later with a rare form of the Adeno Virus.

Known as the killer cold virus, it attacked his respiratory system preventing him from breathing on his own.

A medical team from Sweden was flown into Cork on July 11, 2010 to perform a lifesaving heart and lung bypass, and Daniel was put on a special machine to supply him with oxygen.

He was transferred to the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm where he spent 1,224 hours on the machine a new medical record for a baby.

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