An inquest into the death of a young mother who died a week after she gave birth to her third child at a maternity hospital in Dublin heard claims there were “many missed opportunities” to diagnose that she had contracted a life-threatening infection.
Karen McEvoy, 24, of Red Bog, Blessington, Co Wicklow was rushed to Naas General Hospital with suspected sepsis on Christmas Day 2018 – seven days after her daughter, Ruby, had been born at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital – but died a short time later after suffering a cardiac arrest in the hospital’s emergency department.
An inquest at Kildare Coroner’s Court on Thursday heard evidence from several witnesses that Ms McEvoy had complained of pains since December 20, 2018 – the day after getting home from the maternity hospital – which got progressively worse over the following days.
