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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

'My baby boy died in my arms after doctors ignored me begging for a caesarean'

A newborn baby died when he was starved of oxygen after doctors ignored his mother's plea that she needed a caesarean section or risk them both dying.

Patryk Bielaszka survived for ten days following his birth, despite suffering serious brain damage, before the decision was taken to turn off his life support.

Patryk’s mum Barbara warned doctors that she needed to deliver her baby by caesarean section or her baby may die following a scan in her native country of Poland.

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