A pregnant mum died days after her baby after she caught Covid and was transferred to an "unsuitable" ward. A coroner also ruled there was no “adequate emergency action” taken before Sumera Haq suffered a fatal cardiac arrest.
Speaking after an inquest into her death, Sumera's devastated husband spoke of the horror of watching both his wife and baby Ayra die. And the pain of having to tell his eight and five-year-old children their "mummy wasn't coming home".
"Those few days and trying to come to terms with the death of Ayra, whilst Sumera was also slipping away from us is something I’m not sure I’ll ever get over," said Kasim Butt. "When I saw Ayra she was beautiful. I just held her and cried my eyes out. I’ll cherish what little but precious time I had with her.”
