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Hospital blunder kills IVF mum

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Nichiola Lashmar, 27 March 2009 10:25

An inquest heard that Joanne Lockham suffered  a heart attack and brain damage after it was claimed she was starved of oxygen during an emergency Caesarean section. The 45-year-old nurse never got to see her baby as she died two days later in the hospital where she worked. Her husband is now caring for their son alone at their home in Wendover, Bucks. The ...

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Hospital blunder kills IVF mum

An inquest heard that Joanne Lockham suffered  a heart attack and brain damage after it was claimed she was starved of oxygen during an emergency Caesarean...

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