The husband of a woman who died after giving birth at Sligo General Hospital four years ago has appealed to the Health Minister to ensure that the recommendations from the inquest into her death are implemented in full.

Widower Michael Kivlehan hasurged the partners of pregnant women to be more supportive when the woman expresses concerns.

An inquest jury has been told to return either a narrative verdict or medical misadventure over the death of a first-time mother from multi-organ failure days after an emergency caesarean section.

A senior doctor has apologised over a heated conversation he had with the husband of a new mother as her condition deteriorated following an emergency Caesarean section.

Dhara Kivlehan was given a photograph of her newborn baby Dior just before she was transferred from Sligo Regional Hospital to Belfast four days before her death, an inquest heard yesterday.

A senior doctor who treated a woman who died from multi-organ failure days after a caesarean section has said a 12-hour delay in reviewing her first set of blood tests was a mistake.

A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

A Belfast pathologist has confirmed that Dhara Kivlehan died of multiple organ failure against a background of a rare syndrome, HELLP.

A coroner has bowed to pressure and offered to almost treble the number of witnesses for an inquest into the death of a woman who died days after giving birth.

Lawyers for Michael Kivlehan told the coroner’s court that "if there’s an attempt to truncate the inquest or reduce it to a level that does not meet these requirements, the Kivlehans will be unhappy and take their unhappiness elsewhere".

The HSE has agreed to pay €790,000 and “unreservedly” apologised to the family of a 29-year-old Indian woman who became seriously ill in Sligo Regional Hospital at the time of the birth of her first child, but died eight days later.

The heartbroken family of an Indian woman who died eight days after she became seriously ill at Sligo General Hospital at the time of the birth of her first baby yesterday vowed to continue their legal battle to have an inquest.

The family of an Indian woman who died a week after giving birth to her first child has been awarded almost one million euro in damages from health chiefs.

The family of an Indian woman who died a week after giving birth to her first child has been awarded almost €1m in damages from health chiefs.