MP helps Sidmouth youngster cheer up Boris with Lego hospital

East Devon's MP has stepped in to help a Sidmouth five-year-old show Boris Johnson his Lego recreation of London's Nightingale Hospital in the hopes it will cheer up the Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson is Freddie's hero, he and his mum are hoping the Lego creation will raise the PM's spirits as he recovers from the coronavirus.

East Devon's MP, Simon Jupp, has written to the Prime Minister on Freddie's behalf to wish him well and has included a picture of Freddie with his Lego creation.

Here is the letter Mr Jupp has sent Boris Johnson:

Dear Boris,

I wanted to drop you not to wish you well and a speedy recovery. I have been inundated with messages of support for you from East Devon constituents and I thought I'd take the opportunity to share one particularly creative message with you.

Sidmouth Primary School student Freddie Taylor, aged 5, built his own Nightingale Hospital out of Lego to help cheer you up as you recover. You are Freddie's hero for your work to keep the country going in these unprecedented times.

Freddie's very own Nightingale Hospital includes an Intensive Care Unit, doctors putting on face masks, plenty of windows to help patients see their families and a fan to help people breathe better.

I'm sure you'll agree Freddie's hospital is brilliant and he's an extremely talented and thoughtful young man.

Get well soon Boris. Our country needs you.

Best wishes

Simon Jupp MP

Nub News contacted Freddie's mum, Katie Turner, to find out how she feels about the MP's intervention, she said: "It's really surreal to be honest. The letter is so formal and lovely, I've bought a frame for it.

"I'm so proud of him! It's something he'll be able to to tell his grandchildren. The school have also got in touch to say how proud they are of Freddie."

Freddie's Nightingale Hospital features an Intensive Care Unit, doctors putting on face masks, plenty of windows so patients can see their families and a fan to help people 'breathe better'.

Speaking before Mr Jupp sent his letter to the Prime Minister Katie said: "Freddie has a sensory processing disorder and is on the pathway for autism assessment, he is obsessed with watching the news, probably not great, but it's something he likes to do. He's been particularly obsessed with the nightingale hospital they've built to help people, so he spent all afternoon building one.

"It's got the ICU room, with two people, doctors outside stood next to a little box where they can put their masks and equipment once they've left the ICU room, a doctor stood filling in forms, a fan because in Freddie's words, 'coronavirus isn't good so a fan will make you breathe better'.

"Plenty of windows so poorly people can still wave to their family because they can't go out to see anyone."

The coronavirus lock down has been a 'real struggle' for Freddie, as his mum Katie explains: "Freddie does not understand what's going on at the moment. The Lego hospital has really helped him process what's going on.

"That people go to the hospital, they get better, the coronavirus will go and we'll all get back to normal."

Katie has found that the key to keeping Freddie entertained during the lock down is routine.

"It's all about structure and routine. We do PE with Joe Wicks, school work for an hour and then Freddie gets to choose an activity, we have lunch and then finish off the day with more learning."

Freddie sees Boris as a hero for his work trying to keep the country going in these unprecedented times.

"He's seen Boris on the news and he feels that Boris is up there with Spiderman as a hero," said Katie. "He wants to make Boris feel that he has people on his side."

Freddie is desperate for the Prime Minister to see his Lego creation, Nub News will be tweeting this story to the Prime Minister but if anyone else fancies letting Boris know about Freddie's creation please feel free to share this story with him.