Mother died after ‘gross failure of care’ at weekend

NANAAISHAT Momodu died after suffering a ‘catastrophic’ bleed at a maternity unit at the weekend.

She was 3 weeks pregnant with her third child when she began experiencing abdominal pains.

The 3 -year-old was admitted to North Manchester General Hospital in the early hours of a Saturday.

But there was a four-hour delay taking her to theatre while doctors discussed diagnoses. Mrs Momodu died following a cardiac arrest on Monday, October 1 , 015. Her baby had already died. At an inquest last July, coroner John Pollard said there had been a ‘gross failure of care’, ‘significant failings and missed opportunities’.

The hearing was told doctors failed to pick up on an abnormally low blood pressure reading.

After the hearing, Mrs Momodu’s husband Nosawanu Oseki-Odigei, 39, said: ‘The care given to my wife has brought me and my family so much sadness.’

Professor Matt Makin, medical director at the hospital, said: ‘Leadership has now been enhanced across the organisation and we have appointed a new Care failings: Nanaaishat Momodu director of midwifery and strengthened the maternity workforce.

‘The patient handover process has also been improved in many areas, and we have introduced a new safety huddle, and patient handover boards, which are visible to patients.

‘The hospital is also engaging more with mums and their families.’