A newborn baby died after her 'exhausted' mum was sent home just hours after a long birth, an inquest has found. Baby Evelyn Grace March was just one day old when her mum fell asleep while trying to breastfeed her in her own bed.
The Coroner's report states that Evelyn was born at Leeds General Infirmary on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 4.38am, following a prolonged labour.
She and her parents were discharged home four afters after the birth - despite her mother being 'exhausted', having had little sleep from Sunday, September 24, until her baby was born.
At around 1.45am on Wednesday, September 27, the baby was brought into her mother's bed because she was unsettled. As she was being breastfed the mother is thought to have fallen asleep.
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