Staffordshire baby died due to ‘rare complication of birth’ after being delivered by emergency caesarean, inquest finds
A newborn baby died after just three days due to a ‘rare but recognised complication of birth’, a coroner has found.
George Dosanjh died at the Royal Stoke University Hospital on December 3, 2022, after being delivered by emergency caesarean section.
He had suffered multi organ failure and brain injury due to a lack of oxygen after becoming separated from the placenta during his difficult birth. An inquest was held into the death this week, and one of the issues it considered was whether the actions of medical staff had contributed to George’s tragic death.
But after hearing two days of evidence, coroner Fiona Gingell found that the medics at the Royal Stoke had acted in line with training and guidance and their decisions had been ‘reasonable’.
George’s mum Charlotte Hird, from Stafford, was admitted into the Royal Stoke with abdominal pain on November 27 and subsequently went into pre-term labour at 34 weeks. Doctors decided to carry out an emergency c-section after becoming concerned at George’s falling heart rate.
