Trust apologises after mother dies following miscarriage

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has issued an apology over the death of Lorette Divers who died from sepsis after suffering a miscarriage.

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(c) Wesley Tingey/Unsplash

Divers, 30, died at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, South Yorkshire on 20 November, 2020 from sepsis after she was not properly assessed.

Dr Jennifer Hill, medical director (operations) at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: ‘We cannot imagine the loss Miss Divers' family and friends are still feeling since her death in 2020 and we would like to wholeheartedly apologise once again for the aspects of her care which should have been done differently.

‘Miss Divers was Covid-19 positive and was sadly suffering a miscarriage when she was admitted as an emergency in November 2020. The symptoms of these two conditions are similar and therefore unfortunately masked the rare and vigorous infection which led to her tragic death in November 2020.

‘Regardless of this very unusual situation we fully accept that there were opportunities where we should have done things differently. We never want this to happen again and after carrying out a full review of Miss Divers' care we have made changes to limit the chances of this situation occurring again.'

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