Father of baby who died 6 days after birth tells inquest his hospital delivery was 'pure shambles'

The father of a baby who died six days after his birth, has told an inquest that his son’s hospital delivery was "pure shambles.” Baby Troy Brady was born in the maternity unit at Craigavon Area Hospital on 19th August 2019. He died in the hospital's paediatric intensive care unit on 25th August 2019.

An inquest hearing into baby Troy's death was told on Monday that the infant was born with severe head injuries, with a lack of blood and oxygen to the brain. The infant's mother, Jane Brady, from Coalisland, told the Coroner's Court that she went into labour at 33 weeks while Troy was lying breech. She said doctors in the maternity unit told her she would be able to give birth naturally as Troy was small. Mrs Brady also insisted that doctors did not inform her of the risks of a natural birth with a breech baby. "They made decisions for us. I believed that they knew what they were doing. I trusted their experience. It wasn't my place to question them. I accepted their decision," Mrs Brady told the inquest. During labour baby Troy's head became stuck. He was not breathing when he was born and had to be rushed to intensive care where he died six days later. Mrs Brady said her husband John told one of the medics on duty that the night of their son's birth was "pure shambles". John Brady told the court that had he and his wife been advised about the risks of a natural birth they would have demanded a cesarean section. However, lawyers for the Southern Health Trust told the inquest that the medics involved dispute this. They said the parents had been informed of the risks and that a natural birth had been the parents' decision. Doctors and midwives involved are due to give evidence later in the week. At hearing.

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