Mother of ‘dates mix-up’ baby in dark over cause of death

THE mother of Jessica Darcy Lampf, who died after she was delivered in a ‘dates mix-up’ nearly six weeks prematurely, said she still did not know what caused her baby’s death.

The baby was born in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda by Caesarean section 39 days early on July 8 and not August 16, which was her correct due date. The incorrect delivery date had been entered in a file and, despite her mother Therese repeatedly mentioning it to hospital staff, it was not changed.

Coroner Dr Brian Farrell returned a narrative verdict, a recitation of medical facts indicating multiple organ failure.