'Death of perfectly healthy baby' a result of medical staff decisions, inquest told

Coroner recorded a verdict of medical misadventure at the inquest into the death of Cian Hunt, who died three days after suffering complications at his birth in Mayo University Hospital

David and Breda Hunt during the inquest into the death of Cian Hunt at the Coroners Court, Store Street, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney 

Active decisions by medical staff at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar resulted in the “death of a perfectly healthy baby to a perfectly healthy mother,” who had already suffered two stillbirths, an inquest has heard.

Lawyers for the parents of a baby boy who died three days after suffering complications at his birth at MUH in 2018 claimed his death was avoidable if he had been delivered as originally planned at 36 weeks' gestation.