A young woman died giving birth to her second child after a catalogue of failings by the medical practitioners who should have been protecting the life of both her and her baby, as revealed in The Times.<\/p>\n
After a difficult natural delivery of her first baby, Frances Cappuccini requested a C-Section for the delivery of her second child. However, she was allowed to struggle with labour for 12 hours before the decision was made to undertake a caesarean.<\/p>\n
During the delivery, a piece of the placenta was not removed from the womb, later described by a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist as \u201ca fundamental failure of care\u201d. Signs of sepsis and a possible kidney injury also went unnoticed, and, shortly after the successful delivery of her baby, Mrs Cappuccini lost four pints of blood.<\/p>\n
This disastrous situation was exacerbated by the late arrival of an on-call anaesthetist, the lack of suitable medication being readily available, as well as the premature removal of a breathing tube.<\/p>\n
Although preparations were undertaken to resolve the bleeding, Mrs. Cappuccini suffered a fatal heart attack.<\/p>\n
The senior coroner at the inquest described her shocking death as the result of \u201cfailures, inadequate diagnosis and treatment\u201d at Tunbridge Wells Hospital.<\/p>\n
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