Young mother died due to medical error after giving birth to third child

Inquest found that the midwife did not take vital signs and did not detect sepsis in Karen McEvoy, who later died on Christmas Day.

A family photo of the late Karen McEvoy, who died on Christmas Day, 2018. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The death of a 24-year-old mother who died a week after giving birth to her third child following an uncomplicated pregnancy was due to medical error, an inquest has found.

A jury returned a verdict of medical misadventure for the maternal death of Karen McEvoy of Red Bog, Blessington, Co Wicklow, who suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at Naas General Hospital on Christmas Day, 2018, from multiple-organ failure as a result of sepsis.