No santa for grieving couple
A woman from North Tipperary whose daughter died in her womb was told her baby would have been born alive had medics decided to deliver her little girl on the day she went to the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise with concerns about her unborn baby.
Amy Delahunt from Borrisoleigh heard repeatedly from experts last week at an inquest into the death of her baby, Mary Kate Kelly, that her child would have been born alive had she been delivered when she presented at the hospital with concerns over reduced foetal movement.
Instead, Ms Delahunt, who was 34 weeks pregnant, was discharged, only to discover at the Limerick Maternity Hospital the next day that her baby was dead. Mary Kate was delivered several days later, on May 28th 2013.
Amy Delahunt and her partner Ollie Kelly only discovered last January that there were four other baby deaths similar to hers at Portlaoise when she watched an RTE Prime Time programme.
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