A woman bled to death after her second child was born in hospital, an inquest was told yesterday.

Samima Yasmin, 26, had placenta previa – which can lead to complications during birth such as haemorrhaging – diagnosed during the 24th week of her pregnancy.

At 35 weeks Mrs Yasmin, from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, had an emergency Caesarean section at South Tyneside District Hospital after suffering complications, including excessive bleeding.

Severe bleeding continued after the delivery of her son, Muzzamil Ali, in 2005, the South Tyneside coroner was told before recording a narrative verdict on Mrs Yasmin, who also had an 18-month-old son.

Hami Fawzi, a consultant at the hospital, said: “The patient was losing a lot of blood and we were trying to pump as much blood and fluids back in as we could. We felt we were on top of replacing what needed to be replaced, but it is difficult to tell how much exactly was lost. In hindsight, there was an underestimation . . . We decided to let her pass peacefully.”

Doctors described it as one of the worst cases of uncontrollable blood loss they had ever seen.

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