By Emma Innes PUBLISHED: 06:04 EST, 14 June 2013 | UPDATED: 07:34 EST, 14 June 2013 Hospital bosses have admitted responsibility for the death of a newborn baby following an ‘appalling catalogue of failings’ by midwives. Lesley Broughton and Jason Ham's first child, Ford, died of brain damage caused by oxygen starvation at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital shortly after his birth on October 3, 2010. Ms Broughton, 31, lost so much blood during labour that she feared for her own life. She also had to wait more than two hours to be sent for an emergency Caesarean section after Ford’s heartbeat dropped.
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Ford Ham died of brain damage at Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
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His mother, Lesley Broughton, 31, was admitted with heavy bleeding
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When midwives struggled to find Ford's heartbeat, they took two hours to send her for an emergency C-section, meaning he was starved of oxygen
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Hospital has admitted responsibility for his death and paid compensation
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