Doctor says midwives’ care ‘grossly incompetent’
'Alarm bells' should have sounded for two midwives involved in the care of Caroline Lovell who died after a homebirth, says obstetrician Professor Euan Wallace
Obstetrician Professor Euan Wallace says midwives who cared for Melbourne mother Caroline Lovell, who died hours after giving birth to her daughter at home, were “grossly incompetent”.
Gaye Demanuele and Melody Bourne were alongside Ms Lovell when she delivered her second daughter in a birthing pool in her Wantirna living room in January 2012.
Ms Lovell fainted getting out of the birthing pool and later went into cardiac arrest. She was resuscitated by paramedics and rushed to hospital but died from multi-organ failure.
Ms Demanuele and Ms Bourne are charged with manslaughter, allegedly a result of gross negligence in their care of her.
