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New-mums' deaths ruled as natural causes

12:20pm Friday 22nd May 2009

A CORONER has ruled that two mothers who died within 24 hours of each other after giving birth at the same Hampshire hospital died of natural causes.

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Husband welcomes changes after wife's death

2:03pm Friday 22nd May 2009

THE HUSBAND of one of the women who died after giving birth at a Hampshire hospital has welcomed changes made since his wife's death.

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Source of infection 'a mystery'

1:51pm Friday 22nd May 2009

THE source of an infection which killed two mothers who died within 24 hours of each other after giving birth at the same Hampshire hospital remain a mystery, a coroner said today.

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Inquest hears of wife's pain the day before she died

4:17pm Thursday 21st May 2009

A WIDOWER has spoken of his late wife's pain a day before she died at Winchester's Royal County Hospital.

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Infection could have been diagnosed before it killed mum

1:51pm Thursday 21st May 2009

A NEW mum could have been diagnosed with the infection that later killed her hours earlier, an inquest has heard.

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Doctor rushed to mother's bedside before she died

11:29am Thursday 21st May 2009

A DOCTOR has recalled rushing to a new mum's bedside shortly before she collapsed and later died.

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Final moments of mum's life recounted in hearing

5:07pm Tuesday 19th May 2009

THE last moments of a Hampshire mum's life were told to an inquest this afternoon.

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GP 'wasn't told about mother's condition'

11:34am Tuesday 19th May 2009

A GP today denied being told the full extent of a new mother's illness.

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Midwives 'ignored' paperwork for vulnerable patients

2:06pm Monday 18th May 2009

MIDWIVES ignored policy about filling in forms that monitor vulnerable patients, an inquest into the death of a new mum heard today.

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Mum complained of tight chest before she died

11:33am Monday 18th May 2009

A MIDWIFE has told an inquest how Jasmine Pickett had complained of a tight chest shortly before giving birth.

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Inquest opens into death of two new mums

11:04am Monday 18th May 2009

A YOUNG woman who died days after childbirth had been "incredibly happy" as she went into labour, an inquest heard today.

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Mums’ inquest opens

10:13am Monday 18th May 2009

AN inquest into the deaths of two new mums who gave birth at a Winchester hospital begins today.

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Inquest into deaths of new mums

7:00am Monday 18th May 2009

An inquest is to be held today into the deaths of two women who died from the same infection shortly after giving birth on the same day.

Mama was first word of baby who lost mother in child birth

7:20am Sunday 11th January 2009

Jasmine Pickett died from an infection days after giving birth. ASH BOLTON talks to her widower about keeping her memory alive

Double inquest set for mums who died after giving birth

4:08pm Thursday 4th December 2008

THE inquest into the deaths of two women who died shortly after giving birth at a Hampshire maternity unit will be held next February.

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Maternity unit staffing levels blasted as poor

10:03am Thursday 10th July 2008

Hospital where mums died after childbirth comes under fire

Widower left holding baby

11:02am Thursday 17th April 2008

A DECISION to deport a woman who came to Winchester to answer a relative's distress call has been described by MP Mark Oaten as the "worst immigration case I've ever known".

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Sister of tragic mum forced to fly home

6:50am Tuesday 15th April 2008

THE sister of a woman who died during childbirth at a Hampshire hospital flew home last night after being ordered to leave the country.

Baby's aunt faces deportation

4:06pm Monday 14th April 2008

THE sister of a woman who died during childbirth at Winchester hospital has been told to quit the country tonight after coming to England to help her brother-in-law cope with his young son.

Move to reassure mums-to-be

7:13am Tuesday 8th January 2008

HEALTH chiefs have been reassuring patients at the Hampshire maternity unit where two new mothers died shortly before Christmas.

Statement by David Pickett

9:34am Friday 4th January 2008

JASMINE Dizon Pickett, 29, lived with her husband David in Colden Common.

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