"It is extremely unusual for a woman to die in connection with childbirth. When it happens, as at Akademiska, it is a shock for everyone involved," says Hanna Åmark, senior physician at Södersjukhuset's women's clinic and specialist in maternal mortality, to UNT .
The woman had preeclampsia, but it has not yet been determined whether that was the cause of her death. The baby survived.
Akademiska is investigating the case. When the investigation is complete, the Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo) will examine whether any wrongdoing has been committed.
In Sweden, approximately 100,000 children are born per year and on average, when the entire pregnancy up to six weeks after delivery is included, five to six pregnant women die. Deaths that have nothing to do with pregnancy are also included in the statistics, such as traffic accidents.
