Ebony McCall
Deputy coroner for Milton Keynes Thomas Osborne said "systems failures" and overstretched staff contributed to the death of Ebony McCall in May this year.
An inquest heard her mother, Amanda, who arrived at Milton Keynes General Hospital in pain, requested a Caesarean section but was told it was too risky.
Ebony was later born with only a faint heartbeat and she died soon after...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8408794.stm
Persephone Kore
For those who cannot speak - those silenced eternally
By Thanatos’ touch - I beseech you, Iron Queen, to
Watch over these children that will never know
The changing seasons directed by your mother,
That will never laugh and dance, as all children should.
Watch over these fragile butterflies as they flock to you,
Seeking a mother in the endless dusk of your abode;
Take them into your arms, Persephone Kore, and dance for them.
Make their eyes gleam with joy, instead of mirroring
The tears of their families, still alive in the bright world above.
Let them know a mother’s warmth, and keep them safe
From all that would cause them harm; they are dead, now,
But that does not keep the heartache of children at bay.
Ask that your mother, Demeter Anesidora, send forth
Warm fortune to help their parents to understand that
Death comes at any time. Ask that she tell them that
Their children are safe, with you, and that they will be
Reunited when it is their time to succumb to the eternal night.
An inquest heard her mother, Amanda, who arrived at Milton Keynes General Hospital in pain, requested a Caesarean section but was told it was too risky.
Ebony was later born with only a faint heartbeat and she died soon after...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8408794.stm
Persephone Kore
For those who cannot speak - those silenced eternally
By Thanatos’ touch - I beseech you, Iron Queen, to
Watch over these children that will never know
The changing seasons directed by your mother,
That will never laugh and dance, as all children should.
Watch over these fragile butterflies as they flock to you,
Seeking a mother in the endless dusk of your abode;
Take them into your arms, Persephone Kore, and dance for them.
Make their eyes gleam with joy, instead of mirroring
The tears of their families, still alive in the bright world above.
Let them know a mother’s warmth, and keep them safe
From all that would cause them harm; they are dead, now,
But that does not keep the heartache of children at bay.
Ask that your mother, Demeter Anesidora, send forth
Warm fortune to help their parents to understand that
Death comes at any time. Ask that she tell them that
Their children are safe, with you, and that they will be
Reunited when it is their time to succumb to the eternal night.