A pregnant mum who died from a catastrophic blood clot after a series of tests was 'let down', an inquest has heard. A doctor admitted there were 'significant failings' in the care of Laura Barnes., who collapsed and died in May 2022.
After her collapse, Laura, who was pregnant at the time, gave birth via emergency caesarean section to Dexter. She never regained consciousness and, in a double tragedy for her family, however, he died two months after his mother, who never got to meet her son.
An inquest into the 22-year-old's death yesterday (April 30) heard she was 15 weeks pregnant with Dexter when she was first admitted to the Royal Blackburn Hospital in January 2022.
She was diagnosed as having a clot in a vessel within her skull and was started on tinzaparin, an anti-coagulant which is used to treat deep venous thrombosis and prevent blood clots from forming. READ MORE: 'I lost half of my family to the same thing' However, the hearing at Preston Coroner's Court heard she wasn't given the correct dose of medication and there is no evidence that Laura was ever weighed in order to determine the correct dose, Lancs Live reports.
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