Posted: 1:08 PM EDT September 26, 2020 | Updated: 5:17 p.m. EDT September 26, 2020
Partner of 49-year-old patient who bled to death after giving birth to twins sues hospital and fertility specialist over tragic death
Fiona Hayne’s de facto partner Blake Ind says mother suffered ‘litany of failures’ including alleged implantation of two embryos instead of one during treatment by IVF
The claim for $ 1.84 million has been submitted to the Queensland Supreme Court and also alleges that the mother was initially kicked out of the hospital due to a lack of beds
Fiona Hayne died at Gold Coast University Hospital on June 2, 2018, after giving birth to twins
According to the assertion of M Ind, Mrs Hayne lost about three liters of blood after the placenta detached and her organs were shut.
The hospital where Ms Hayne died and fertility specialist Andrew Cary are at the center of the claim
Ms Hayne’s six-year partner Blake Ind, 31, sues for negligence and seeks damages for the cost of raising twins without Ms Hayne and for nervous shock
The complaint accuses Dr Cary of causing and / or contributing ‘to Ms Hayne’s death by violating his duty of care to Ms Hayne when he inserted two frozen embryos using eggs from IVF donor on September 22, 2017, instead of an embryo »
Lawsuit alleges Dr Cary failed to inform Ms Hayne of the risks of IVF pregnancy as a 49-year-old woman
Ms Hayne’s six-year partner Blake Ind (right), 31, sues for negligence and seeks damages for the cost of raising twins without Ms Hayne and for nervous shock
He also allegedly failed to discuss the potential risks of suffering from placenta previa following the implantation of two embryos
The family also claim that the hospital failed to give Ms Hayne the proper duty of care when her elective Caesarean section scheduled for May 31, 2018 was delayed ‘due to unavailability of beds’
The case could lead to dramatic changes, said Bill Potts, prominent lawyer and former president of the Queensland Law Society
« (Depending on the outcome of the case) you might see doctors almost immediately stop performing IVF procedures on older mothers, » he said
Fiona Hayne’s family claim mother suffered ‘litany of failures’ including alleged implantation of two embryos instead of one during IVF treatment
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