North London dad 'risks injury' getting quadriplegic son out of bath due to 'lack of communication from council'
The dad of a severely disabled teenager alleges that he’s having to endanger his health and that of his quadriplegic son after eight years of alleged council inaction. Brian Leveson, 55, claims the family has been waiting an agonising eight years for Haringey Council to install a hoist in the bathroom for their son Zack, 18, who has cerebral palsy. Zack's baths are especially important due to his double incontinence, but the lack of a hoist means 55-year-old Brian has to physically manhandle his son out of the bath on his own, which he describes as ‘physically and emotionally exhausting’. The absence of the bathroom hoist has meant Brian has to lift a 67kg ‘wriggling and unpredictable' Zack. He said: “If I’m not very careful, I will hurt my back. It’s a challenge we shouldn’t be having to face.” READ MORE: 'Rock star' 6ft 3 London actor took his last breath four days after being told he had bowel cancer Zack is now 18, and has been waiting almost half...