46-year-old pregnant woman sent home with 'waters broke' misdiagnosis, baby dies from infection 31 hours later.

46-year-old Rebecca Walker, 26 weeks pregnant, was sent home from Royal Stoke University Hospital after her 'waters broke,' being told it was likely she had wet herself. A week later, she was taken by ambulance to another hospital due to increased pain, revealing her waters had broken a week prior and an infection was present. Baby Charlie-Jay was born and died from the infection 31 hours later.

March 12, 2024
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