New mother and her unborn baby died 'when doctors spent six hours deciding the best treatment' after she went into premature labour

A mother and her unborn child both died after inexperienced hospital staff dithered about her treatment after a scan showed the baby was dying, her parents have claimed. Carly Harper, 24, was five months pregnant with her first son when she went to hospital with ruptured membranes on May 17 last year. Two days later she developed a serious infection and was sweaty with a fluctuating temperature, key symptoms of septic shock.

She told staff at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, she was in pain on the morning of May 19, apparently indicating her contractions had started early. At 3.15pm on May 19, when an utlrasound scan showed Miss Harper’s baby boy was dying, doctors chose to induce the birth. But her family claim staff delayed inducing the labour and did not act quickly enough over signs that Miss Harper had a severe infection. It was not until 9.28pm that evening – more than six hours after the scan – that she gave birth to the stillborn boy. She was taken straight to intensive care and placed on a ventilator, but died of multiple organ failure at 9.10am the next day with her family at her bedside.

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