A British mother who died in hospital two days after giving birth was killed by sudden adult death syndrome (SADS), an inquest has heard.
Senior doctors said nothing could have prevented Lisa Parkinson’s death, which happened at the Royal Oldham Hospital in June 2014.
However Parkinson’s family say they still have questions about her care in the hours before she was discovered unresponsive in her hospital bed.
Lisa Parkinson gave birth to a baby boy, Zac, following a Caesarean section.
The following day, her family expected to collect her from the hospital and bring her home with baby Zac. But instead they received a devastating call from the hospital.
Speaking to the preliminary inquest hearing yesterday, Mr Parkinson said when he arrived at the hospital a crash team were performing CPR on his daughter, the Daily Mail reports.
“I walked into the room and there were about eight people all around on her.”
“One of them was giving her CPR. I’ve seen it on the telly before, but it was nothing like this.”
‘”I had never seen anything like that in my life. I could not watch it any more. I couldn’t watch them do that to my little girl.”
‘”My other daughter met me in the corridor and I said to her, ‘she’s gone’.”
Parkinson’s family said they have questions about the length of time Lisa had been left in bed without observations.
The hospital records show that she had been given painkillers at 4.05am after complaining of rib and shoulder pain.
A midwife checked on her at 6.25am and found her “sleeping and breathing”. But two hours later another medic found her unresponsive.
“Should more have been done at that time?” Val Wroe, Parkinson’s Auntie asked.
“That’s the question that torments us.”
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