Mother given picture of her newborn days before dying

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.

The coroner’s court in Carrick-on-Shannon was also told the 29-year-old was not seen by a kidney specialist for 60 hours after being diagnosed with acute kidney failure at Sligo hospital.

Consultant anaesthetist Ronan O’Hare agreed that this was not an “appropriate response”. Later, under cross-examination by Adrienne Egan SC, for the HSE, the consultant said that this issue did not affect Mrs Kivlehan’s overall care.