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Laura Clements

'Perfect' newborn baby died of massive blood loss after complications during birth

A young couple who were "delighted and excited" about the birth of their second child were left distraught after their newborn died following serious failings by medical staff.

Callum James was just minutes old and looked "perfect" when mum Ellen James was told there'd been complications during the birth, an inquest heard on Tuesday.

Mrs James and husband Chris were helpless as Callum experienced a fetal maternal haemorrhage, or in other words "massive blood loss", said Paul Bennett, acting senior coroner for Pembrokeshire.

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