Louise Dempster, 34, who underwent a C-section at The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate, was told by East Kent Hospitals Trust that her baby s size had caused haemorrhaging.
a hospital trust has apologised to a woman for failing to tell her for seven years that a surgeon had left her with a life threatening injury. louise dempster was told that she suffered a massive haemorrhage after undergoing a caesarean section because of the size of her baby. in fact it was caused by surgical error. that only came to light more recently when a document was uncovered during an inquiry into poor maternity care at east kent hospitals trust an inquiry that began after a series of reports by our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. here s his latest. all i remember is my mum screaming for help and her stroking my hair and telling me she loved me. and i knew that something was wrong if my mum was panicked. louise dempster owes her life to her mother linda. a registered nurse, she was the one who spotted her daughter s health deteriorating in the hours after she d given birth to her son by caesa rean section. i was sitting talking to her and ijust saw her d
sorry. this evening ms fletcher says the trust apologised for both the error in louise dempster s care and failure to explain what went wrong. the family do have a healthy son and grandson, but the mistake has had a lifelong impact. my mental health has probably been affected by it. i also feel like i ve never had the opportunity to have another baby which i really wanted to. it s hard. louise dempster ending that report. if you were affected by details in that report you can visit bbc.co.uk/ action line, or you can call for free to hear recorded information at any time. jeremy hunt has announced plans to shake up the regulation of