Baby’s inquest hears doctor’s manner was ‘inappropriate and unhelpful’

A maternity doctor’s manner was “inappropriate and unhelpful” and he did not communicate his findings to midwives when he examined a pregnant woman whose baby died less than seven hours later, an inquest has heard.

Kilkenny Coroner’s Court was told that Livia Ukova-Marini was delivered by emergency caesarean section at 12.04pm on May 18, 2014, at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny but died at 6.45pm. She was the only child of Ludmila Ukova and Aldo Marini of Carlow town.

A midwife told the inquest she initially consulted with the registrar on call to review Ms Ukova, rather than the more senior consultant, as Ms Ukova was a public patient.