Parents blame newborn's death on failures of Cork maternity hospital staff, inquest hears

Cork couple's first child died 10 days after birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital in October 2019

Baby Faye Neiland died 10 days after she was born at CUMH. Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins

The parents of a baby who died 10 days after being born at Cork University Maternity Hospital have told an inquest her death could have been avoided if the hospital had stricter protocols and policies on how to respond to abnormal heartbeats detected in a baby before delivery.

Christina and Kevin Neiland, of Pearse Road, Ballyphehane, Cork, told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court they believed there were failures by CUMH staff to recognise and react to abnormal readings from a CTG monitor, which measures foetal heartbeat and maternal contractions.