Parents sue NHS trust over death of three-day-old girl
THE parents of a baby who died at just three days old after suffering catastrophic brain injury during birth have accused medical staff of negligence, saying the experience left them suffering severe post-traumatic stress.
Georgina Tamasi says that if she had been properly advised during her pregnancy she would not have needed the emergency caesarean section that went catastrophically wrong when her daughter Lilly Mae’s head became stuck to her uterine wall.
Mrs Tamasi, of Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe, suffered depression and an anxiety disorder and had to quit work. Her husband, Zoltan, developed posttraumatic stress disorder.
They are now suing East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust for damages of more than £200,000.
A serious untoward investigation report into Lilly Mae’s death, carried out by the hospital trust, found numerous failings before, during, and after birth.
Mrs Tamasi, who has high blood pressure, says she was not advised to start taking aspirin when she went to an antenatal clinic. Her unborn baby was small for her dates, and when she arrived at Ipswich Hospital on Sept 11 2017, her blood pressure was raised, and her heart rate too slow, a writ lodged with the High Court says.
More than an hour later doctors started a caesarean section.
After the procedure, Lilly Mae, who weighed just over 4lb 6oz at birth, needed to be resuscitated and ventilated. She was given antibiotics but suffered a seizure on Sept 12 and was transferred to Addenbrookes Hospital, where she died two days later.
The couple claim doctors should have warned them of the risk of declining to have labour induced.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust said: “This is an ongoing legal claim so we are not able to comment further.”