Mother accuses negligence after giving birth to stillborn baby in hospital on the coast of SP: 'It hurts too much'

The birth took place in the early hours of Tuesday (20). To g1, Ana Paula said that, the day before (19), she underwent a high-risk prenatal consultation at Casa Rosa, due to chronic high blood pressure. According to her, she was eight months pregnant and her blood pressure was 17, which is why she was taken to Santo Amaro Hospital. The Civil Police investigates the case.

According to the report, at the hospital, the doctor who treated Ana Paula listened to the baby's heartbeat and administered medication into the vein to relieve the colic. According to the woman, an ultrasound was requested for the following morning, as the exam was not carried out at that time. She also underwent blood and urine tests, but was released.

In a note, the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP) reported that the case was registered as a natural death at the Guarujá Police Station, which requested an expert examination from the Legal Medical Institute (IML) to clarify the facts.

According to the report, the pain increased after he arrived home and, therefore, he returned to the hospital around 7 pm, accompanied by his mother. According to her, the doctor who attended to her tried to hear the baby's heartbeat, but was unable to do so. The woman stated that she continued to feel severe pain while awaiting test results and undergoing other procedures.

"He placed the device on my belly and didn't listen to the baby's heart. [...] What he should have done immediately was an emergency cesarean section," she said.

Ana Paula said that she remained in the hospital overnight and that, around 3 am, she started bleeding when trying to go to the bathroom. She was then sent for an emergency cesarean section, but the baby was stillborn.

Ana Paula said she suffered a hemorrhage and needed to receive blood transfusions. She also stated that her uterus was removed after the cesarean section, making it impossible for her to get pregnant again. The woman attributes what happened to the care she received at the hospital.

Ana Paula reported that she is trying to deal with the loss of her baby and the impossibility of having other children. "My breast fills with milk and I don't have a child to breastfeed. I feel my baby moving inside, but there is no baby. I had a cesarean section and I don't have a child. They ended my lifelong dream of having a child," he said.