The case involves Dr David McMurray and the care of 36-year-old Tracey Campbell Fitzpatrick who died in hospital shortly after giving birth on Easter Monday 28 March 2016
.At the opening of the hearing today, lawyers for Dr McMurray said he was admitting and accepting that he failed to attend Ms Campbell Fitzpatrick in a timely manner when complications arose in her case.
Opening the case, barrister Neasa Bird for the Council, told the inquiry that Ms Campbell Fitzpatrick was a healthy active woman, looking forward to the birth of her second child.
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