A baby died after doctors told a mother her life-threatening internal bleeding was probably ‘trapped wind’, an inquest has been told.
Kimberley Newark, 31, went to the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, suffering from excruciating pain in her abdomen on September 14, 2024, when she was 34 weeks pregnant.
Despite the severity of the pain, an inquest heard maternity staff put her symptoms down to trapped wind and gave her painkillers and tablets to treat colic.
She was later transferred to a ward where she was kept under observation.
But a short time later she began suffering more severe stabbing pains in
To provide well-rounded coverage and a breadth of insight across various events, we rely on contributions from several staff writers, each bringing their own area of expertise to our publication.