Couple hit out over ‘falsified’ records after baby’s death

Midwives and a junior doctor told Mrs Tierney that a Caesarean section had been ruled out for the evening of 9 October as they wanted to wait until morning.

However, in the early hours of Sunday morning when Martina could no longer get off the bed due to the pain, she told a midwife she could not feel the baby move.

At about 05:30 two CTGs and a scan could not find a foetal heartbeat, and Martina was told the baby had died.

“I was just numb, however those feelings turned to anger because I hadn’t been listened to. That anger then turned to guilt because maybe I should have shouted louder – but I know I did shout – just no-one listened,” Martina said.

Ryan Tierney said losing his daughter Molly and everything that happened both prior to her death and following it had been “harrowing”.

He said “the ombudsman’s report has been scathing”, claiming that there had been “an attempted coverup, notes went missing and falsified, we are fuming”.

“Our daughter was perfect, absolutely perfect and that’s what makes it all so frustrating, it was all completely avoidable,” Ryan said.