Such a sad outcome for the family – Kismet was at work.

in various types of major surgery, not just c-section clots may not cause issues for 3 months or more. I know of one such case. A few minutes later the person would have been driving a car on a main road. Fortunately that was not the case. However the patient was treated for approx 20 minutes by 2 Ambulance Crews (not one) before being rushed to hospital. At one point the crew doubted if they could reach the hospital quickly enough.

So sad for her remaining family and bubs. I agree that women leave the hospital very quickly after birth and it’s worrying. But at the same time I understand wanting to be home, comfortable, without strangers constantly checking in on you when you want to sleep or rest.

How heartbreaking for the family.

Heartbreaking !
We can’t predict complications. Early discharge after C-section should be ok when mum feels good, no signs of complications, has support at home and gets daily checked by the nurse at home the following week.

I am of the older person opinion 7days in hospital should still be the rule still. Time fo baby and mum to rest,learn, heal and in this cas check up before leaving hospital. In this case it is a tragedy which might have been prevented. The governmnt need to ‘once again” take time to look into the funding of hospitals which is still the issue to be revamped and improved.
So sorry to and best wishes go to family going through unhappiness and poor baby without a Mum

This is a terrible outcome, but as far as I know, there is no way of predicting a blood clot before it happens.

Such a heartbreaking end to what should have been a joyous time During my last delivery at MMH, I did find that there was a real push to discharge mums asap. But for the most part, the staff at Mater Mothers have always been amazing and every concern was taken seriously. They are so overworked but still do a great job. It is so sad that this went undetected and happened after the mum had left the hospital. I hope it prompts hospital management to redefine their priorities!

24 hours after a caesar is way too early! It’s major surgery!

Poor woman.

There’s no way the medical staff could have predicted a blood clot. The mum wouldn’t have been discharged if the doctors thought there was any chance of issues