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A hospital has admitted negligence after staff mistakenly monitored a mother’s heart rate instead of her baby’s. A hospital has admitted negligence after staff mistakenly monitored a mother’s heart rate instead of her baby’s. The baby, Sadie Pye, was starved of oxygen at birth and died hours later.
The baby, Sadie Pye, was starved of oxygen at birth and died hours later. Her mother, Danielle Johnston, 31, had her labour induced at the Royal Bolton hospital in June 2011 after developing gestational diabetes when she was eight months pregnant. Her mother, Danielle Johnston, 31, had her labour induced at the Royal Bolton hospital in June 2011 after developing gestational diabetes when she was eight months pregnant. She said midwives noticed that the baby’s heart rate shot up after her waters were broken, but said it went back to normal about 30 minutes later.
She said midwives noticed the baby’s heart rate shot up after her waters were broken, but said it went back to normal about 30 minutes later. She said: “A doctor came in to see me and said he would come back to check on Sadie’s heart rate, but left me with the trainee midwife. He didn’t come back.
She said: “A doctor came in to see me and said he would come back to check on Sadie’s heart rate but left me with the trainee midwife. He didn’t come back. “I was in lots of pain, so had an epidural, but I kept going in and out of consciousness. It was weird and I knew something wasn’t right. A midwife noticed this and seemed to panic. She was looking at the CTG monitor (to monitor the baby’s heartbeat) and expressed concern.”
“I was in lots of pain so had an epidural but I kept going in and out of consciousness. It was weird and I knew something wasn’t right. A midwife noticed this and seemed to panic. She was looking at the CTG monitor (to monitor the baby’s heartbeat) and expressed concern.” It was later revealed that staff were mistakenly monitoring Johnston’s heart rate instead of the baby’s. Experts found that if Sadie’s heart rate had been monitored correctly, doctors would have realised she was in distress and could have delivered her earlier.
It was later revealed staff were mistakenly monitoring Johnston’s heart rate instead of the baby’s. Johnston, from Salford, said the delivery was delayed further when midwives were unable to cut the umbilical cord. She said: “The midwives were trying to cut the cord and it was all really traumatic. The student midwife was told to cut the cord but she said she had never done it. Another midwife tried to cut it and couldn’t do it. It seemed to take a lifetime and I felt so helpless.”
Experts found that had Sadie’s heart rate been monitored correctly, doctors would have realised she was in distress and could have delivered her earlier. Sadie was later transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, after doctors said she had minor brain damage, but on the way Johnston and her husband, Rob Pye, were told she had suffered a cardiac arrest. At Arrowe Park, doctors switched off her life support and the couple stayed with Sadie until she passed away.
Johnston, from Salford, said the delivery was delayed further when midwives were unable to cut the umbilical cord.
She said: “The midwives were trying to cut the cord and it was all really traumatic. The student midwife was told to cut the cord but she said she had never done it. Another midwife tried to cut it and couldn’t do it. It seemed to take a lifetime and I felt so helpless.”
Sadie was later transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, after doctors said she had minor brain damage, but on the way Johnston and her husband, Rob Pye, were told she had suffered a cardiac arrest.
At Arrowe Park, doctors switched off her life support and the couple stayed with Sadie until she passed away.
Johnston, who has since had another daughter, Bobbi, said: “Her death and what happened didn’t hit me until I went home without my baby. All the stuff we’d bought for her was there and I just wanted to curl up and die.”Johnston, who has since had another daughter, Bobbi, said: “Her death and what happened didn’t hit me until I went home without my baby. All the stuff we’d bought for her was there and I just wanted to curl up and die.”
Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has since admitted the care given to the mother and baby was negligent and settled a legal case brought by the family for an undisclosed sum. Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has since admitted that the care given to the mother and baby was negligent and settled a legal case brought by the family for an undisclosed sum.
Lauren Tully, a clinical negligence specialist from Slater and Gordon law firm, who represented the family, said: “Danielle and Rob have faced a long battle to get justice for Sadie and they are relieved it is finally at an end. Lauren Tully, a clinical negligence specialist from Slater and Gordon law firm, who represented the family, said: “Danielle and Rob have faced a long battle to get justice for Sadie and they are relieved it is finally at an end. It is deeply concerning that it wasn’t just one thing but a catalogue of errors that contributed to her tragic death, and that is why it is so important that the trust looks closely at what went wrong and what can be done to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
“It is deeply concerning that it wasn’t just one thing but a catalogue of errors that contributed to her tragic death and that is why it is so important that the trust looks closely at what went wrong and what can be done to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
A spokeswoman for the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust said: “We are deeply sorry for the circumstances that led to the sad death of Ms Johnston’s daughter, Sadie. The trust carried out a full review into the care that Ms Johnston and her daughter received whilst they were patients at the hospital, and actions were identified and taken to minimise the risk of an incident of this nature happening again.A spokeswoman for the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust said: “We are deeply sorry for the circumstances that led to the sad death of Ms Johnston’s daughter, Sadie. The trust carried out a full review into the care that Ms Johnston and her daughter received whilst they were patients at the hospital, and actions were identified and taken to minimise the risk of an incident of this nature happening again.
“We once again extend our apologies to the family for their loss.”“We once again extend our apologies to the family for their loss.”