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| A police officer who collapsed in a hospital toilet while in labour with twins died of natural causes, a coroner has ruled. | A police officer who collapsed in a hospital toilet while in labour with twins died of natural causes, a coroner has ruled. |
| Pc Sarah Underhill, 37, died on 5 October last year at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after amniotic fluid from the womb entered her blood stream. | Pc Sarah Underhill, 37, died on 5 October last year at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after amniotic fluid from the womb entered her blood stream. |
| Pathologist Sebastian Lucas said her condition was "unpreventable". | Pathologist Sebastian Lucas said her condition was "unpreventable". |
| Mrs Underhill's husband Richard had said doctors should have performed a Caesarean section sooner. | Mrs Underhill's husband Richard had said doctors should have performed a Caesarean section sooner. |
| In summing up the case, Oxfordshire Coroner Nicholas Gardiner said: "The twins were successfully delivered but sadly [Mrs Underhill] went into a cardiac arrest from which she could not be retrieved." | In summing up the case, Oxfordshire Coroner Nicholas Gardiner said: "The twins were successfully delivered but sadly [Mrs Underhill] went into a cardiac arrest from which she could not be retrieved." |
| 'Sadly missed' | 'Sadly missed' |
| In a statement, Mrs Underhill's husband Richard thanked the coroner as well as staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital. | In a statement, Mrs Underhill's husband Richard thanked the coroner as well as staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital. |
| He described his wife as "a devoted daughter, caring sister and beautiful wife. | He described his wife as "a devoted daughter, caring sister and beautiful wife. |
| Richard Underhill said he and his wife had been "desperate" to have children | |
| "It is truly heartbreaking that she will not go on to become the wonderful mother she would have been," he said. "She will be sadly missed." | "It is truly heartbreaking that she will not go on to become the wonderful mother she would have been," he said. "She will be sadly missed." |
| Mr Underhill, 39, now cares for six-month-old twins Hannah and James at their home in Didcot, Oxfordshire. | Mr Underhill, 39, now cares for six-month-old twins Hannah and James at their home in Didcot, Oxfordshire. |
| "This was a very sad and distressing case," said Gill Walton, head of midwifery at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust | "This was a very sad and distressing case," said Gill Walton, head of midwifery at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust |
| "Maternal deaths are rare in this country and this particular condition is exceptionally rare. | "Maternal deaths are rare in this country and this particular condition is exceptionally rare. |
| "Our thoughts are with Mrs Underhill's family and their twins." | "Our thoughts are with Mrs Underhill's family and their twins." |
| Professor Andrew Shennan, who reviewed the case for the trust, said Mrs Underhill had died from causes unrelated to the pre-eclampsia for which she had been admitted. | |
| "If she had not been an inpatient at the time of her collapse, it is likely that the babies would have died," he said. |