following high rainfall from storm franklin. two severe warnings meaning there s a danger to life have been issued for the river severn in ironbridge and in bewdley in worcestershire. dozens of homes near the river have been evacuated. it s one of the biggest scandals in the history of the nhs. many babies died, while others were left with life changing injuries following repeated failures in maternity care at hospitals in shropshire. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchannan, has been following the investigation into what went wrong. he s been speaking to one mum who lost her child after being encouraged to have a natural birth even though her baby wasn t in the correct position. these are all his clothes. in preparation for him? yeah. kamaljit uppal s son should be 18 years old. the prices are still on them? the prices are still on them, yes. they are all hung in the wardrobe for him to come home. instead, she clings to the memory
investigation into what went wrong for that he s been talking to one of mum whose baby died. some of their conversation is really upsetting. these are all his clothes. in preparation for him? yeah. kamaljit uppal s son should be 18 years old. the prices are still on them. the prices are still on them, yeah. yeah, they have all hung in the wardrobe for him to come home. instead, she clings to the memory of what could have been. during her pregnancy, she was told that manpreet was in a breech position, lying in the wrong direction. i was told, you re not having a normal delivery. it will be a c section. but when she went into labour, the royal shrewsbury hospital encouraged her to have a normal birth. 18 hours later, her son hadn t been born. she needed an emergency caesarean. i m still coming out of my general anaesthetic and she says, he s dead. and that was it.
how to say goodbye. and.| just gave him a kiss, and that was it. in march 2003, just a month before manpreet s death, mps held a hearing amid concerns over the rising number of cesareans. panorama has discovered that clinical leaders from the royal shrewsbury hospital told the mps how they managed to have the lowest c section rate in the country. the evidence we ve seen show them telling the health select committee. the culture of our organisation is that we have low intervention rates and once that is known, we attract both midwives and obstetricians who like to practise in that way. the promotion of natural birth was part of a wider national effort, though in shropshire the evidence suggests they pursued it too vigorously. following her son s death, kamaljit uppal was called to a meeting with a hospital consultant. she still remembers what he told her. i took the wrong
they had plonked the baby in my arms and said, say goodbye. i just didn t know how to say goodbye. and.i just gave him a kiss, and that was it. in march 2003, just a month before manpreet s death, mps held a hearing amid concerns over the rising number of cesareans. panorama has discovered that clinical leaders from the royal shrewsbury hospital told the mps how they managed to have the lowest c section rate in the country. the evidence we ve seen show them telling the health select committee. the promotion of natural birth was part of a wider national effort, though in shropshire the evidence suggests they pursued it too vigorously. following her son s death, kamaljit uppal was called
these are all his clothes. in preparation for him? yeah. kamaljit uppal s son should be 18 years old. the prices are still on them. the prices are still on them, yeah. yeah, they have all hung in the wardrobe for him to come home. instead, she clings to the memory of what could have been. during her pregnancy, she was told that manpreet was in a breech position, lying in the wrong direction. i was told, you re not having a normal delivery. it will be a c section. but when she went into labour, the royal shrewsbury hospital encouraged her to have a normal birth. 18 hours later, her son hadn t been born. she needed an emergency caesarean. i m still coming out of my general anaesthetic and she says, he s dead. and that was it. they had plonked the baby in my arms and said, say goodbye. i just didn t know