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Infected mothers died naturally
(BBC 22/05/2009)
Two women who died from the same infection after giving birth at a Hampshire hospital died of natural causes, a coroner has recorded. Jasmine Pickett, 29, and Amy Kimmance, 39, gave birth at Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester in 2007. They died within 24 hours of each other from a group A streptococcal infection, days after being discharged. Coroner Grahame Short said there was no evidence the infection was contracted at the hospital.
Inquest begins into deaths of new mothers
(The Independent 19/05/2009)
Two mothers died within a day of each other after giving birth on the same day at the same hospital, an inquest was told yesterday. Teachers Jasmine Pickett, 29, and Amy Kimmance, 39, gave birth at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester in December 2007 and were both subsequently discharged. Mrs Kimmance developed fatal toxic shock syndrome as a result of a group A streptococcal infection, while Mrs Pickett died from a sudden onset of severe pneumonia.
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