The death of a pregnant woman could have been prevented if she was given antibiotics at a Melbourne hospital’s emergency department, a coroner has heard | epearson_3
By the time Annie Moylan arrived via ambulance at a second facility - St Vincent’s Private Hospital’s labour ward - shortly after midnight on August 16, 2017, medical experts say it was likely too late that administering the medicine would have saved her life.The statements come as the coroner is being asked to accept that the 37-year-old expectant mother’s death was preventable.
She remained there, diagnosed with gastroenteritis, before being transferred by ambulance to St Vincent’s Private Hospital shortly before midnight, where she later died with septicemia. On Thursday, interested parties and the coroner’s assisting counsel began oral submissions, laying out what they believe the coroner should ultimately determine happened, following a week of evidence which included hearing from the doctors and midwives who treated Moylan in her final 24 hours.
Lawyers for Holmesglen said not all medical experts, who assessed the evidence and gave their opinions to the coroner, agreed that antibiotics would’ve likely save Moylan’s life if only given during her time at the emergency department.
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