The parents of a baby who died 10 days after being born at Cork University Maternity Hospital have told an inquest that her death could have been avoided if the hospital had stricter protocols and policies on how to respond to abnormal heartbeats detected in a baby before delivery.
Christina and Kevin Neiland from Pearse Road in Ballyphehane in Cork told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court that they believed there were failures by CUMH staff to recognise and react to abnormal readings from a CTG monitor which measures foetal heartbeat and maternal contractions.
The couple’s first child, Faye, died on October 11, 2019 at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin where she was transferred for specialist treatment from CUMH.
