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Kirsty Birkenshaw, 34, misplaced her child Scarlett after being concerned in a crash.
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North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust admitted a breach of obligation.
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Kirsty is now talking for the primary time about her loss forward of Baby Loss Awareness Week.
A devastated mum has instructed how she misplaced her child as a result of hospital employees did not monitor her correctly after she was concerned in a automobile crash.
Kirsty Birkenshaw, 34, stated her issues had been ignored in A&E at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Cambridgeshire, previous to an emergency caesarean.
She had been experiencing rising belly ache and lowered motion of her unborn child Scarlett after being concerned in a automobile crash when she was 30 weeks pregnant.
But after a check-up Kirsty was discharged from hospital on 9 August, 2021.
On the night of 11 August, she returned to A&E experiencing comparable signs.
The subsequent morning on the labour ward it was found Scarlett had an irregular heartbeat and was struggling to breathe.
Staff shortages meant she wasn’t monitored within the hours main as much as her caesarean.
As a end result, Scarlett was delivered 9 hours later than she ought to have been when her issues lastly turned obvious.
She was placed on a ventilator and transferred to a specialist child unit after which a specialist hospital, but it surely was too late, and she or he died 5 days later.
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Hinchingbrooke Hospital, admitted a breach of obligation.
Kirsty from March, Cambridge, stated: “My being pregnant appeared to be going fairly easily and there weren’t too many issues till the crash.
“I was in pain and was concerned Scarlett wasn’t moving as much, so we thought the best thing would be to go to hospital and get checked out.
“Even after I was sent home something didn’t feel right.
“When I was re-admitted I kept mentioning my concerns and that I hadn’t felt Scarlett move for some time.
“I appreciate the hospital was busy, but it felt like my concerns weren’t really listened to.
“It felt like things only started to progress when Scarlett’s heart was monitored but by then it was too late.”
Kirsty, a mum-of-three, added: “The hurt and pain we feel now over Scarlett’s death is as raw now as it was when she was taken from us.
“There’s not a day goes by when we don’t think of her.”
Breach of duty
Kirsty originally attended A&E after she was involved in a road traffic accident with her partner Ricky Dickinson, 34.
She was discharged but readmitted a few days later after fearing she hadn’t felt Scarlett move for hours.
That night the labour ward said it would perform computerised monitoring of Scarlett’s heart rate when Kirsty was on a labour ward the next morning.
They wrongly believed the machines wouldn’t work in A&E because they weren’t mobile.
The ward also initially said it couldn’t send a midwife to see Kirsty in A&E because of staff shortages.
At around 10.20am on 12 August, when she was finally monitored, readings indicated Scarlett had an abnormal heart rate and was being starved of oxygen.
She was delivered by category two caesarean just after 12.10pm.
Scarlett developed breathing problems and was put on a ventilator.
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She was transferred to the special care baby unit and then to a specialist hospital for treatment.
However, she died aged five days from a brain injury caused by lack of oxygen and respiratory distress syndrome.
Following Scarlett’s death Kirsty and Ricky instructed expert medical negligence lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to investigate.
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Hinchingbrooke Hospital, admitted a breach of duty.
It admitted that had Kirsty undergone obstetric review earlier, on the balance of probabilities, monitoring of Scarlett’s heart would have shown signs of reduced movement.
A decision to deliver by category two caesarean would have been made by 2.15am on 12 August, with Scarlett delivered by 3.30am – nearly 10 hours before she was.
If Scarlett had been delivered by 3.30am, she would have been in a better condition and would have survived, the Trust admitted through its lawyers.
Abigail Salter, the specialist medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell representing Kirsty, said: “It’s now vital that lessons are learned to improve maternity safety and help prevent other families having to endure the pain Kirsty and Ricky are going through.
“We continue to support the couple at this upsetting time and are working with the Hospital Trust so Kirsty and Ricky can access the specialist support and therapies they require following Scarlett’s death.”
Baby Loss Awareness Week
Ahead of Baby Loss Awareness Week Kirsty is now talking for the primary time about her loss and becoming a member of her authorized group in campaigning to enhance maternity security.
Kirsty added: “All we are able to do now’s share what occurred to us to make others conscious.
“By talking out we simply hope classes could be discovered as we wouldn’t want what we’re going by on anybody.
“People who’ve skilled child loss additionally shouldn’t should undergo alone as assist and help is available.
Following Scarlett’s loss of life, Kirsty has been supported by the Cambridgeshire charity Petals, which helps households affected by child loss.
Baby Loss Awareness Week is an annual occasion that takes place from 9-15 October.
It is a chance for folks, households, and buddies to recollect and commemorate infants who’ve died throughout being pregnant, at start, or shortly after start.
