Coombe Hospital apologises for 'failings in care' of woman who died of sepsis after giving birth

Karen McEvoy was only 24 when she died on Christmas Day three years ago having given birth to her third child at the Dublin hospital just a week before

Karen McEvoy from Blessington, Co. Wicklow, gave birth to her third child Ruby on December 18, 2018, but became ill and died on Christmas Day having developed maternal sepsis and septic shock secondary to infection.

The Coombe Hospital has apologised for the "failings in care" to a young mother who died of sepsis on Christmas Day three years ago.

Karen McEvoy was only 24 years old and had given birth to her third child at the Dublin hospital just a week before. Her family including her partner Barry Kelly and their children Toby (3), Jake (6) and two-year-old Ruby today settled High Court actions over her death.