An investigation has been launched at Royal Odlum Hospital in the UK after a new mum has died two days after giving birth.
Lisa Parkisson went into labour on Friday and gave birth to her first child, a baby boy on Saturday.
However on Monday morning her family received an emergency call from the hospital. The family immediately rushed to see her but on their arrival they discovered that Lisa had passed away.
Lisa’s sister, Judith spoke about the events leading up to the tragic loss of her sister.
“The baby had gone to have observations so she was going to get some sleep while he was in the neonatal bit, then on Monday morning my dad got a phone call saying there had been an emergency and we all went to the hospital.”
Lisa’s family said that she complained of a really bad-headache during her C-Section, which they now believe may have attributed to her death.
“She had the cesarean by epidural so she was awake while she had it done. While she was having the cesarean she developed a headache which she complained about. They said it was tied with her blood pressure and gave her an injection to decrease it. The headache eventually went. We don’t know if it was anything to do with her death because we haven’t had the results. She was so over the moon with the baby. She had to stay in hospital because she’d had the caesarean. She was okay on the Saturday and Sunday. I spoke to her late Sunday evening and she was fine."
A hospital spokesperson has said that the cause of Lisa’s death is unknown and that an investigation will be launched into what occurred.
Lisa’s partner Chris is “numb” over his partner’s death and said he will keep Lisa’s memory alive for the sake of their son, Zac.
“I am numb about what’s happened. We will always talk about her to Zac, he will know everything about his mum. Zac is the only bit of Lisa we have left and he will be so loved.”
Our thoughts go out to the family at this terrible time.
