The family of a mum who died after a suspected epileptic seizure have said she missed out on care weeks earlier because of a 14-hour wait. Paige Ellis, 28, was six months pregnant with son Harri when they died on July 23 at her Barry home.
Her death came after another pregnant Barry woman, 25-year-old Megan Gardiner, died on June 4 following a suspected epileptic seizure. Both women had recently been given new epilepsy medication by University Hospital of Wales in Heath. Their families have joined forces to "fight for answers" as the Cardiff and Vale health board carries out a formal investigation.
Paige was engaged to Dan Dredge, 29, and they had a two-year-old son called Jax. Dan has now told WalesOnline of his concern over an incident which he said happened about a couple of weeks before Paige's death. The mum had hurt herself in a fall during a seizure and an ambulance had taken her to the Heath hospital, but no bed was available when they arrived, said Dan.
