"Broke my whole life": Mum reveals horrific hospital mistake that took unborn son's life
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<p>Western Australia couple Sarah Hassan and Sunny Alam had been trying for a child for five years.</p>
<p>The pair felt like their prayers had been answered after learning that Sarah was pregnant last year.</p>
<p>However, things would take a dark turn after a doctor offered morphine to manage the pain during labour.</p>
<p>Sarah accidentally was administered ten times the dosage of morphine she was prescribed, resulting in her going into a coma and her baby becoming stillborn.</p>
<p>“It was devastating, it broke my whole life,” she said.</p>
<p>“That destroyed our family within a moment.”</p>
<p>Hospital staff didn't know anything was wrong until the next morning, as they thought Sunny was sleeping instead of being in a coma.</p>
<p>“I was sleeping,” Sunny said.</p>
<p>“My baby was dying and she was fighting for life.”</p>
<p>Sarah suffered a heart attack after the accident and her organs began to shut down, but after three days in a coma, she recovered.</p>
<p>However, the baby was stillborn.</p>
<p>The hospital, St John of God Bunbury, said it is continuing to probe what went wrong.</p>
<p>“This is a tragic occurrence. The hospital feels deeply for the family, and will continue to investigate,” it said in a statement.</p>
<p>“It appears the incident was caused by human error.”</p>
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