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HSE and hospital have apologised for failings in care of the late Tracey Campbell Fitzpatrick
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The HSE and St Luke s Hospital in Kilkenny have issued an unreserved apology for the failings in the care of a woman who died after giving birth there.
Tracey Campbell Fitzpatrick died after giving birth in St Luke s Hospital on Easter Monday in 2016. The High Court heard this week that she had suffered from massive blood loss after her baby was delivered in the early hours of the morning.
HSE and Kilkenny hospital in apology over woman s death
Updated / Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021
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RTÉ Courts Reporter
The Health Service Executive has apologised to the family of a 36-year-old woman who died shortly after giving birth almost five years ago.
Tracey Campbell Fitzpatrick, who was originally from Knock in Co Mayo and had been living in Co Carlow, died in the early hours of Easter Monday, 28 March 2016, after giving birth to her second child Max, at St Luke s Hospital, Kilkenny.
The HSE and the hospital today offered an unreserved apology for the failings in her care.
The High Court heard she had suffered from massive blood loss after her baby Max was delivered in the early hours of the morning.
Five years from hell - HSE and hospital apologise to family of woman who died after giving birth
Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick, 36, died in the early hours of Easter Monday 2016 after suffering a “massive” post-partum haemorrhage
24/2/2021 - Front L-R: Bernard Fitzpatrick (husband) with James and Pauline Campbell, Parents of the late Tracey Campbell Fitzpatrick of Nurney, Co. Carlow, pictured speaking to the media on leaving the Four Courts after a High Court action. Picture: Collins Courts
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The HSE and a hospital have apologised in the High Court to the family of a 36-year old mother who died less than three hours after giving birth to her second child.
Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick died in the early hours of Easter Monday 2016 after suffering a “massive” post-partum haemorrhage within minutes of the birth of her son Max at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny.
On Wednesday, her husband and family settled an action over her death against the HSE and the hospital. The settlement includes €700,000 for the care of Ms Campbell Fitzpatrick’s son Max who is now almost five years of age.