Richard with his mother Joyce Little as a young boy
- Credit: Richard Taylor family
A man flown from Ipswich to Great Ormond Street with a life-threatening abnormality as a two day old baby, has died after living a long and happy life in Suffolk, surrounded by friends.
Richard Taylor was born in 1957 with no connection to his stomach and a hole between his windpipe and throat – he couldn't breathe, couldn’t eat and was in severe danger — and was born with Down's syndrome.
Within hours of his arrival at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital the emeritus senior surgeon was successfully operating on Richard and he was soon in recovery, consuming Carnation Milk, water and sugar