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An inquest in to the death of baby Ebony Mccall has stated that the standards of care on the maternity ward at Milton Keynes General Hospital were below what they should have been. According to the BBC, Ebony suffered from a faint heartbeat after being born by caesarean section and died in May 2009.<\/p>\n
Her mother, Amanda Mccall, suffered from several medical conditions including cardiac disease.\u00a0 Ms Mccall was initially denied a Caesarean birth because it was deemed too risky. She had been admitted with severe stomach pains and this should have made her a high risk patient, and she should have been afforded one to one midwife care. However, this was not granted due to a lack of staffing at the hospital and her daughter Ebony was born with an erratic heartbeat, a pathologist revealed that she had suffered from oxygen deprivation.<\/p>\n
With additional care Ms Mccall may have been able to have a caesarean at an earlier stage and taking in to account her medical history, her pregnancy should have been \u201cconsultant led at the outset\u201d, according to consultant Anthony Stock.
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A Healthcare Commission investigation was conducted in to the hospital in 2008, prior to the incident, and the inquest found that many of the recommendations of the report had not been met. The hospital acknowledged that funding was available to employ more midwives, but that they had struggled to recruit additional staff.<\/p>\n